1st Coalition
- 1792 - 1797
- fought against revolting/ revolutionizing France, and many other European countries
- was the first major effort of multiple European monarchies to contain Revolutionary France
- France declared war on the Habsburg monarchy of Austria on April 20th 1792 and the kingdom of Prussia joined the Austrian side a few weeks later
Countries Involved
Against France
- Hasburge Monarchy
- Holy Roman Empire
- Prussia (1795)
- Great Britain
- French Royalists
- Spain (1795)
- Portugal
- These countries liked the idea of a monarchy
Opposing Side
- French Republic
- Spain (until 1796)
- Batavian Republic ( From 1795)
- French Satellite States
- Polish Legions
First Coalition
- This war started off as France as the aggressor even though many people assumed differently
- at the beginning, France really suffered some defeats buy other countries and some issues with loyalists (internal issues)
- there response was to increase there size of there army
- made men from the age of 18 to 25 fight in the war
France against the Coalition
- However the French were able to regroup and do much better fighting off the coalition
- a few countries quit fighting against France in 1795 (Prussia and Spain switched sides, lie the USSR in WWII
- Finally in 1797 Great Britain was the only country still fighting against the French
- They quickly quit and France had prevailed
Results of the war
- French Victory
- treaty of Campo Formio
- Survival of the French Republic
- French annexation of the Austrian Netherlands Several French client republics established (sister countries)
- Hostiles resume in 1798 with the formation of a Second Coalition against France
treaty of Campo Formio
- With the Treaty, the holy Roman Empire ceded the Austrian Netherlands to France and Northern Italy was tured into several French "sister republics"
England set up the French Monarchy
Who was involved - Cameron
Major battles - Robert
What occurred -
results - Abbey
why it started - nate
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