Napoleon planned an attack on the Royalists and defeated them again. Napoleon became indispensable to the Directory he returned to Paris from Italy as a hero, more popular than the Directors. In 1798 Napoleon planned to invade Britain but on realizing the French were not equipped to do so, he decided to do an expedition to Egypt instead. He included academics and intellectuals in his army because he wanted to plunder Egypt militarily but also culturally. On the way he conquered Malta and finally arrived in Egypt where he easily won the battle of the Pyramids.
While the sale of the territory by Spain back to France in 1800 went largely unnoticed, fear of an eventual French invasion spread nationwide when, in 1801, Napoleon sent a military force to secure New Orleans. Southerners feared that Napoleon would free all the slaves in Louisiana, which could trigger slave uprisings elsewhere. [8] Though Jefferson urged moderation, Federalists sought to use this against Jefferson and called for hostilities against France. Undercutting them, Jefferson took up the banner and threatened an alliance with Britain, although relations were uneasy in that direction. [8] In 1801 Jefferson supported France in its plan to take back Saint-Domingue, then under control of Toussaint Louverture after a slave rebellion.
The kingship of both countries was given to Henry V's infant son. But Charles VI's son, who would have been the heir to France, was dissatisfied and led a resistance movement against England. His position looked hopeless until the astonishing happened. Aided by the French maiden Joan of Arc, France gained an amazing victory over the English at Orleans. Joan inspired the French and stirred in them a feeling of nationalism.
The Success of ‘The Edict of Nantes’ in 1598. The Edict of Nantes in 1598 was only a temporary solution to the religious wars in France from 1562-1598. There were several attempts to bring peace and unity to France during this time but each attempt was met with hostility by both sides and a common ground was not found until the reign of Henry IV. The problems with the Edict of Nantes’ predecessors were that they heavily favoured the Catholics and never met the demands of the Huguenots. The likes of the Edict of Saint-Germaine and Ambroise both gave small successions to the Huguenots but not what they desired.
It is greatly debated whether or not Napoleon’s rule of France changed significantly after he became Emperor in 1804. This occurred when on 18th May 1804; a motion was approved by the Senate that ‘Napoleon Bonaparte, at present First Consul, be declared Emperor of the French and that the imperial dignity be declared hereditary in his family.’ In theory Napoleon’s regime had now become hereditary in its nature thus denouncing any remnants of revolutionary principles and reverting to a monarchy like the previous of Louis XVI and that Napoleon’s self-appointed rise to Emperor was a significant turning point in his regime. However it is also thought that the true nature of Napoleon’s regime just became more obvious after 1804 and that there is only a slight difference from the consulate as by 1804, Napoleon’s position at the helm of France was now secure. The main point for argument is whether or not the true nature of Napoleon’s regime really changed after 1804. Arguably the strongest viewpoint is that Napoleon’s regime post-1804 is more obvious and the façade Napoleon established to consolidate his power is dropped.
The aims set to be achieved by Henry was to; Capture France, become a ‘Warrior king’ and to be known as one of the leading country’s in the world. I believe it was a failure to some extent because even though the major aim of capturing France was not met, Henry still made a name not only for himself
Eventually, Robbespierre was executed by his own method of execution. Due to all that Napoleon had done for his country by defending it, he was elected ruler of France on the one condition he did not take the title of king. In 1796, Napoleon took charge of the Army of Italy, a position he had waned. The army, had 30,000 soldiers that were strong and ready for battle. He was soon turned around by the young military commander.
Skylar Marino Mr. Hoffman The American and French Revolution The American and French revolutions were both a great but scary time in France and in America’s history. There were many similar reasons of why these two countries went into Revolution, such as a lack in no taxation without representation, and Enlightenment. And there are also, different reasons of why these two countries went into the revolution such as there was more at stake for America then France. Before the time these two countries went into revolution they both had a lack in no taxation without representation. In France there was an estate system, the first estate was made up of the Roman Catholic clergy, about 1 percent of the population.
There was a massive loss of resources and income after the recline of land in France, leading to the powerful men of England to take arms in aid of their lords this lead to the battle of St Albans The weakness of royal power can be pin pointed to the king. Henry was never a fit king to rule a country such as England; he was not the man his father Henry V would ever be. And this caused a sense of unrest to the people of England. This can be reflected by his counterproductive peace policy with France, that lead to the loss of royal lands that his father had once gained. Henry was supported and manipulated by William de la Pole, Edmund Beaufort and his French wife, Margaret of Anjou.
Louis's heavy taxes fell on the peasants, who revolted. This led to the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1713), which was over the issue of the succession to the Spanish throne: Louis claimed Spain but was opposed by the Dutch, English, Austrians, and Prussians. The war was also an attempt to preserve the balance of power in Europe and to check France's commercial power overseas. A Grand Alliance of the English, Dutch, Austrians, and Prussians was formed in 1701 to fight the French. Eugene of Savoy and Churchill of England led the alliance to victory over Louis.