HIS103Y1 Lecture 18: Lecture Nov. 12 - French Revolutionary Wars P2
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Lecture nov. 12 - french revolutionary wars p2. French republic, in its decrees, had managed to alienate most of europe - it was at war with pretty much every european state. French republic was also under assault from internal revolts: the vendee and. This weakened both the austrian invasion of france and the coalition: russia was an inactive partner of the coalition; when britain refused to subsidize a. Russian army in france she refused to pay for one. Catherine the great was more interested in poland than in france. The reluctance of the allies to concentrate on the french republic explains why the. 3rd august 1793 the french republic declared a levee en masse; they summoned the. French people to arms; conscripted young men, allocated women to knitting uniforms, old men were put to work as orators. The republic created state-owned arms factories; muskets, cannons, gunpowder, etc for the army.
