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  1. Hace 2 días · In response to the naval blockade of the French coasts enacted by the British government on 16 May 1806, Napoleon issued the Berlin Decree on November 21, 1806, which brought into effect the Continental System. This policy aimed to eliminate the threat from Britain by closing French-controlled territory to its trade.

  2. 27 de mar. de 2024 · Robert Morris (born Jan. 31, 1734, Liverpool, Merseyside, Eng.—died May 8, 1806, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.) was an American merchant and banker who came to be known as the financier of the American Revolution (1775–83). Morris left England to join his father in Maryland in 1747 and then entered a mercantile house in Philadelphia.

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  3. Hace 3 días · Spain was put under a British blockade, and her colonies began to trade independently with Britain, but Britain invaded and was defeated in the British invasions of the Río de la Plata in South America (1806 and 1807) without help from mainland Spain, which emboldened independence and revolutionary hopes in Spain's American colonies.

  4. 4 de abr. de 2024 · Charles Lennox, 3rd duke of Richmond (born February 22, 1735, London, England—died December 29, 1806, Goodwood, Sussex) was one of the most progressive British politicians of the 18th century, being chiefly known for his advanced views on parliamentary reform.

  5. 2 de abr. de 2024 · In 1806, Spanish astronomer José Joaquín de Ferrer observed a stunning solar eclipse. Afterward, he gave the feature first described by Plutarch more than a millennium earlier a name: corona ...