What was the british policy of presentiment during the napoleonic wars? a. british presentiment involved rounding up able-bodied men at docks and taverns and forcing them to work for the royal navy. b. british impressment involved forcing neutral ships to submit to searches by the royal navy and seizure of any goods meant for france. c. british impressment involved attacking and boarding neutral merchant ships and forcing the captured crew to serve in the royal navy. d. british impressment involved forcing neutral nations to trade only with britain and its allies and terminate all trade with france and its colonies.