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This paper traces how France used economic decisions as a tool to increase its international position and to fight its enemies. In the second half of the eighteenth century, the Franco-British rivalry increasingly affected maritime navigation and resulted in restrictions which put almost an end to t...

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Main Author: Marzagalli, Silvia
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Français
Published: 2025
Online Access:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:This paper traces how France used economic decisions as a tool to increase its international position and to fight its enemies. In the second half of the eighteenth century, the Franco-British rivalry increasingly affected maritime navigation and resulted in restrictions which put almost an end to trade with the enemy and neutral shipping in the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.