HIS103Y1 Lecture : Topic 6 - French Revolution & Napoleon I
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- the ottoman empire was defeated by russia since france was unable to help the turks; - 1774; treaty of kutchuk-kainardji: the ottoman empire recognized the loss, the rights of russia to navigate the black sea, to trade with the empire, to trade with the balkans, and to enter the eastern. Mediterranean bringing russia into the rival with france and england; - 1787 turks again declared war on russia, expecting france to help them, since france was victorious in the american revolution. - france was too weak to help the turks, only leading to unilateral russian gains; - russia became the most important power in eastern europe; - france also showed her inability to help near-by states. - dutch: was defeated in the fourth anglo-dutch war; - split in the political parties: pro-french and pro-british. - the patriarchs emerged: lower class who also wanted a say in politics; - the patriarchs received the most support from france;
