<P> In 1805 , the First French Empire , under Napoleon Bonaparte , was the dominant military land power on the European continent , while the British Royal Navy controlled the seas . During the course of the war , the British imposed a naval blockade on France , which affected trade and kept the French from fully mobilising their naval resources . Despite several successful evasions of the blockade by the French navy , it failed to inflict a major defeat upon the British , who were able to attack French interests at home and abroad with relative ease . </P>
what was the goal of waging battle of trafalgar
affected trade and kept the French from fully mobilising their naval resources