British naval blockade of Europe

Target entity: British naval blockade of Europe
Context triple: [Continental System, counteredBy, British naval blockade of Europe]

• A. Continental System
  The Continental System was Napoleon Bonaparte’s large-scale economic blockade strategy aimed at weakening Britain by prohibiting European trade with the United Kingdom during the Napoleonic Wars.
• B. Brest blockade
  The Brest blockade was a prolonged British naval containment of the French fleet at the port of Brest during the 18th-century wars, aimed at preventing it from challenging British control of the seas.
• C. Spanish Armada
  The Spanish Armada was a large 16th-century fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England, whose defeat marked a turning point in European naval power.
• D. Raid on the Medway
  The Raid on the Medway was a daring 1667 Dutch naval attack that devastated the English fleet in its home waters and marked one of England’s most humiliating maritime defeats.
• E. Battle of the Atlantic
  The Battle of the Atlantic was the prolonged World War II naval campaign in which Allied and Axis forces fought for control of vital shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: British naval blockade of Europe
Target entity description: The British naval blockade of Europe was a Royal Navy strategy during the Napoleonic Wars that aimed to strangle French trade and weaken Napoleon’s empire by controlling maritime access to the European continent.

• A. Continental System
  The Continental System was Napoleon Bonaparte’s large-scale economic blockade strategy aimed at weakening Britain by prohibiting European trade with the United Kingdom during the Napoleonic Wars.
• B. Brest blockade
  The Brest blockade was a prolonged British naval containment of the French fleet at the port of Brest during the 18th-century wars, aimed at preventing it from challenging British control of the seas.
• C. Spanish Armada
  The Spanish Armada was a large 16th-century fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England, whose defeat marked a turning point in European naval power.
• D. Raid on the Medway
  The Raid on the Medway was a daring 1667 Dutch naval attack that devastated the English fleet in its home waters and marked one of England’s most humiliating maritime defeats.
• E. Battle of the Atlantic
  The Battle of the Atlantic was the prolonged World War II naval campaign in which Allied and Axis forces fought for control of vital shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean.
• F. None of above. chosen