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<big>'''European wars & domestic U.S. politics'''</big> | <big>'''European wars & domestic U.S. politics'''</big> | ||
* pro-British or pro-French sentiments | * pro-British or pro-French sentiments in U.S. | ||
** pro-British = conservative, warning against radical change (not pro-monarchy), or simply anti-French Revolution, warning against its extremes | |||
*** Adams, | |||
** pro-French = liberal, celebrating downfall of French monarchy and rise of democracy, ignoring its extremes; or simply anti-British, | |||
*** Jefferson, Thomas Payne | |||
* political partisanship<br><br> | * political partisanship<br><br> | ||
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=== European conflicts === | === European conflicts === | ||
click EXPAND for list of French Revolution & Napoleonic era wars | |||
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{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
| 1791-1798 | |||
|| '''War of First Coalition''' | |||
|| | |||
* European monarchies challenge France over the French Revolution | |||
* France somewhat expands geographically but loses overeaas territories | |||
* Spread of French Revolution ideology | |||
* Rise of Napoleon starting 1795 | |||
|- | |||
| 1799-1802 | |||
|| '''War of the Second Coalition''' | |||
|| | |||
* continued French victories | |||
* France invades Egypt | |||
* Napoleon consolidates power | |||
|- | |||
| 1803-1815 | |||
* 2nd row 1st cell | |||
|| '''Napoleonic Wars''' | |||
|| | |||
* broken into five "coalition" wars | |||
* France briefly conquers most of Europe | |||
* only Britain and Portugal maintain full independence | |||
* following disastrous 1812 invasion of Russia, Napoleon weakened and suffers defeat by energized "Sixth Coalition | |||
* Napoleon exiled to Elba, an island off coast of Italy, but returns a year later and starts the "Hundred Days War" (War of 7th coalition) | |||
* Napoleon defeated at Waterloo, Belgium in 1815 and is sent to the British island, St. Helena, in the south Atlantic ocean | |||
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| colspan="3" | | |||
* See: | |||
* * [https://worldhistoryproject.org/topics/french-revolutionary-wars French Revolutionary Wars timeline (worldhistoryproject.org)] | |||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars French Revolutionary Wars (wikipedia)] | |||
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Napoleonic Wars (wikipedia)] | |||
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|} | |||
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* French Revolution | * French Revolution | ||
* British interventions | * British interventions |