how did the Continental system help the down fall of Napoleon?

Answer 1

The Contintental system backfired and weakened Napoleon as a ruler. It all but destroyed France's economy and that of it's allies. Napoleon was a brilliant war strategist but failed when it came to the economic front. He let his hatred of the British cloud his judgement and overpower everything about his reign.

Answer 2

The Continental system did not help the downfall of Napoleon, it was the lack of unity in his supposed allied countries that allowed the British Blockade to succeed and not the Continental system.

As he did not trust the royalist naval admirals and removed them from command, he did not have a reliable navy to destroy the British blockade, so he was forced into the Continental system, where no European nation would trade with England or her allies.

Several northern european nations tried to band together and remain neutral and a British fleet launched an unprovoked attack on copenhagen as a threat to all neutral countries and tried to put an end to the idea of "freedom of the seas". America, however, fought a war with Britain for this idea starting in 1812 and "freedom of the seas" has become international law.

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Answer 3

It did hurt France's allies more than it hurt the British, and some, like Portugal, were driven into the hands of the British by it. Only France itself profited from it.

Answer 4

Two ways:

First, it helped unite Europe against him; and,
second, it pushed him into war with Russia (when he tried to enforce it).