Identifier: grandestcenturyi00nort (find matches)
Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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LGAR. the government in its efforts to accom-plish it. In September, 1806, Fox fol-lowed Pitt to the grave, and on the 14thof October the decisive victory of Jenalaid Prussia and all north Germany atNapoleons feet. This might have beenprevented had England been prompt toassist Prussia in her unequal strugglewith France. England now ventured upon a step Napoleon retaliated by an act equallyindefensible. He issued decrees ex-cluding all British commerce from thecontinent of Europe, hoping that thisexclusion would involve British man-ufactures in ruin, and so end the war. These decrees, dated from Berlin andMilan, ordered that all British exportsshould be seized wherever found, and♦•^«»t this seizure and confiscation should 130 GREAT EVENTS IN ENGLISH HISTORY. extend to all neutral vessels that hadtouched at British ports. In this wayhe hoped to strip England of her carry sels bound for any port of Europe sub-ject to the blockade to touch first atsome British port, under penalty of
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BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ. ing trade, which would then pass intothe hands of neutrals. To prevent this, orders In councilwere issued bv the English government in January, 1807, requiring neutral ves- - long in a new war. seizure. These decrees and orders incouncil were simply so many outragesupon the rights of neutral nations, andwere destined to involve England ere GREAT EVENTS IN ENGLISH HISTORY. 131 In February, 1807, the Grenville min-istry procured the abolition of the slavetrade by act of parliament, and Englandceased to take part in that infamoustraffic. This great work was accom-plished in the face of a fierce oppositionfrom the Tory party and the merchantsof Liverpool, the latter of whom wereunwilling to give up the profits con-nected with the trade in human fleshand blood. Encouraged by this suc-cess, the ministers endeavored to re-move the civil disabilities of RomanCatholic citizens, but upon the first in-timation of their scheme were dismissedby the king. English Alliance Prev

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