1sr 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.
countries involved- Habsburg Monarchy. holy roman empire. Prussia. great Britain. french royalists. Spain. Portugal. theses countries liked the idea of monarchy.
opposing side- French republic. Spain. Batavian Republic. French satellite states. polish legions. these countries were against the monarchy.
this war started off as France as the aggressor, even though many people assumed differently. at the beginning, France suffered some defeats by other countries and some issues with loyalist. their response was to increase their size of their army.
France against 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. finally in 1797, great britian was the only country still fighting against the France.
results of the war- french victory. treaty of campo formio. survival of the french republic.
compo formio- holy roman empire ceded the Austrian Netherlands to France and northern Italy was turned into several french sister republics
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