fist coalition
fought against revolting/revolutionizing France, and mony 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 20, 1792, and the Kingdom of Prussia joined the Austrian side a few weeks later
Gabsburg Monarchy
Holy Roman Empire
Prussia
Great Britian
French Royalists
Spain
Portugal
these countries like the idea of a monarchy
Opposing sides
French Republic
Spain
Batavian Rebublic
French Satellite states
Polish Legions
these countries were against the monarchy
This war started off as France as teh Aggressor, even though many people assumed differently
at the beginning, France suffered some defeats by other countries and some issues with loyalists
their response was to increase their sizze fo their army
they made all men agest eighteen to twenty-five draftable to fight in the war
France against the Coalition
however, teh 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 France
they quickly quit and France had prevailed
French Victory
Treaty of Campo Formio
survival of the French Republic
French annexation of the Austrian Netherlands
Several French client republics estblished
hostilities resume in 1798 with the formation of a Second Coalition against France
Treaty of Campo Formio
the Holy Roman Empire ceded the Austrian Netherlands to France and Northern Italy was turned into several French Sister Republics
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