CJS200H1 Lecture Notes - French Revolutionary Army, French Revolution, War Of The First Coalition
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How was it possible for the french revolutionary army to defeat prussia. Every citizen was obliged and asked to fight for his own state, not the king. All citizens with the same rights, under the law = equality. This french revolutionary army voluntary, not organized. Nationalism the germans are coming (not just prussia), we must fight for france! From this time and this place, a new echo was starting 25 years for europe to respond. Paris urges the army to keep going and protect catholic minorities everywhere, i. e. dutch. All in the name of liberty, equality, revolutionary offering every minority the fraternity and assistance. Pretext for army to take more territory. Europe would not allow these excuses to gain more territory. Revolutionaries do not care about the rest of europe, since they defeated prussia and austria. The french revolution- seen as spreading liberalism in europe, a mirror image of their own.