HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Continental System, Big Area
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1802 - (cid:343)experimen al peace wi h he french(cid:344) - king george iii. After peace in 1802, tremendous changes were made in france e. g. political and legal reform and economic re-organisation. British used the royal navy to blockade europe. 1804 - austrians begin to mobilize their troops. As the austrians are mobilizing, napoleons recognize the threat of the two-front war. Decides to move quickly to strike the austrians. Plan is to invade austria and take vienna. Destruction of the french fleet made the royal navy much stronger. Napoleon was master in europe but was also a prisoner because he had to cancel his invasion. The russians do enter this war force enemies into one battle victory causes austrians to ask for peace and knocked austria out of the war. Not only be at peace with austria, but build a relationship with austrians. Napoleon take those armies and destroyed the prussian army.
