21. British merchants smuggled in many goods and the Continental System was not a powerful weapon of economic war. 22. The pact proved to be a decisive instrument in keeping the Iberian Peninsula out of Hitler's continental system . 23. The Continental System , led Napoleon to directly incorporate German-speaking areas such as Hamburg into his First French Empire. 24. Angry governments gained an incentive to ignore the Continental System , which led to the weakening of Napoleon's coalition. 25. In response Napoleon established a continental system by which no nation was permitted to trade with the British. 26. The continental system works against landslides. 27. When Spain failed to maintain the Continental System , the uneasy Spanish alliance with France ended in all but name. 28. His mission was to enforce the " Continental System " of Napoleon against the British and Russian commercial interests. 29. Note that the Chinese font sizes use American points; the Continental systems traditionally used the Fournier or Didot points. 30. Negotiated during a meeting between Emperors Queen Maria I, had declined to join the emperor's Continental System against British trade.