1st coalation- 1792-1797
great britian helped set up the french monarchy. was th first major effort of multiple european monarchys to contain revolutionary france. france declared war on habsburg.
countries involved- habsburg monarchy, holy roman empire, prussia, great britian, french royalists, spain, and portugal.
oposing side- french republic, spain, batavian republic, french satalite, and polish legions. they were against monarchy.
this war started with france being the agressor even though many people assumed differently. at beginning france suffered defeats. their response to getting their butts kicked they made their army bigger by putting 18-25 year old men would have to fight.
frnace was able to regroup and do a lot better. an few countries quit fighting. prussia and spain switched sides even. in 1797, great britian was the only country still fighting france, and they quickly quit due to money and men.
results of the war- treaty of compo forurio. survival of the french republic. several sister contries established to france. stuff heats up again in 1798.
The Treaty- the holy roman empire ceded the austrian netherlands to france and northern italy was turned into several sister republics.
1.4 paragraphs on 1st coalation- whos involved in the war
major battles
what occurred
results
and why it started.
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