The options of the question are, A) The system deprived many in Europe of the goods they desired. B) The system led to more criticism against the First and Second Estate. C) The system strengthened the British Navy against Napoleon. D) The system helped to reaffirm the authority of the First and Second Estates.
The correct answer is A) The system deprived many in Europe of the goods they desired.
The Continental System ultimately weaken Napoleon by depriving many in Europe of the goods they desired, because it stated that none European nation was allowed to trade products with the British.
In 1805, after the British defeated the French at Trafalgar, the Continental System provoked recessions in French cities and affected industries to the degree that affected Napoleon. The economy was bad and the Penninsula War was about to occur. The original idea of Napoleon’s Continental System was to block and destroy the British economy. But The Continental System ultimately weakened Napoleon by depriving many in Europe of the goods they desired, because it stated that none European nation was allowed to trade products with the British.