HISC26H3 Lecture Notes - French Revolutionary Army, War Of The First Coalition, Free France
Document Summary
The main causes of constant war between revolutionary france and european powers. (why were they always at war?) 1) ideology 2)commitment of countries 3) polish partition 4) french war strategy. The root of the french revolution which also became the cause and slogan of french. The ideology of freedom and a nation run by people for the people and elected by the people as opposed to a dominant monarchical government system, was the key factor of the french revolution. Not only was this idea of anti- monarchy powerful enough to bring about the revolution in france but furthermore it brought about zeal, contributed to the numbers and it was what fueled the french army against the. Mckay and scott discuss the differences in reasons to what fueled the ongoing war of revolutionary france against europe by giving differences between the prussian and revolutionary french army.
