FRANCE AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION-PART 2

摘要

When France declared war on Austria and Prussia (April 20, 1792) and on Britain and Holland (February 1, 1793), it sparked an age of war which lasted, with two brief interruptions, until November 1815 when Napoleon was exiled to the island of Saint Helena. This war regime reached a climax between 1806 and 1811 when Napoleon attempted to exclude British trade from the continent; Britain counteracted by depriving the continent of all trade that did not pass through British ports. However, due to the annexation of Belgium, coal output increased greatly, which helped the iron industry in France.