Continental System, Slavery
On average, most African workers died after (how many years of work)...
10 years
What did Haiti's plantations grow?
Sugar, coffee, cocoa, cotton
Approximately how many Africans were forced to work on Haitian plantations?
500,000 men and women
France imported about what portion of the goods coming into Europe from the East Indies?
About half
Napoleon did what about slavery?
He convinced the leaders within slave communities that he would outlaw slavery, but after chasing off the British he proceeded to make the slaves work for France
How did the failure of the continental system affect Europe?
Legal trade was cut off so much that Europe's economy began to fall, and goods became scarce.
Why did the continental system fail?
Napoleon didn't have control of the seas, making it easy for British ships to smuggle goods into Europe while Napoleon commanded European ships to stay on port.
What is the intention of the continental system?
To stop other countries from trading with Britain, starving them into submission. All of Europe, and other international countries would stop trading goods into Britain.
