4/8/2013

Frist Collision-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, England set up the crown in France.

Countries involved-First coalition against France-

Habsburg Monarchy, Holy Roman Empire, Prussia

Opposing side- French republic, Spain (1796), Batavian Republic (1795), French Satellite, Polish Legions

This war started off as France is the aggressor, even though people thought differently.

At the beginning, France suffered many loses and defeats by other countries and some issues with loyalist.

Their response was to increase their size of their army

 France against coalition- France was able to regroup and do much better fighting of the coalition, A few countries quit fighting against France in 1795. (Prussia and Spain even switched sides like USSR. Finally Britain was the last one standing against France but realized it was better to quit and not waste more money and lives. France won first coalition.

Treaty of Campo Fermion- with the treat of Campo fermion, the Holy Roman Empire ceded the Austria Netherlands to France and northern Italy was turned into several sister countries of France.

 

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