01:510:304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Toussaint Louverture, Helvetic Republic, War Of The Third Coalition
23 Dec 2018
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The impact of france under napoleon on europe was based on military subjugation. Some peoples worked with napoleon to gain changes; in other cases, resistance to napoleon was the factor that brought change. The period is complicated by the continuation of past stories: britain"s economic growth, russian pressure on. Poland and turkey, prussia"s push for german leadership, and austrian dreams of territorial expansion. In pursuit of their own aims, governments were as willing to ally with napoleon as to fight him. Only gradually, after repeated provocations, did they conclude that their main interest was to dispose of the french emperor entirely: the formation of the french imperial system, the dissolution of the first and second coalitions, 1792-1802 pp. 418-425: the first coalition (1792) was between jealous rivals who cooperated only in seizing polish territory. Napoleon gained control over switzerland (helvetic republic) and created the.
