HIS103Y1 Lecture : French Revolution, Napoleon
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Prussian army 34 000 strong- two french troops united. November 19 enemy bloc not as united or focused as french effort: russians and prussians concerned with poland, russia harassed french commerce in baltic, britain couldn"t resist diverting some of its forces to caribbean -underestimated their enemy. Bonaparte and the demise of balance of power: from austerlitz to tilsit. Pitt feb 1801= forced to resign prime ministership. Peace of tilsit- 7-9 july 1807alexander and france quick reconciliation: prussia"s territory third and population halved, grand duchy of warsaw as french satellite. French lenient treatment to russia- french exhausted, and grand army had been wiped out: talleyrand- french minister- resigned after peace-didn"t want to be executioner of europe. Spanish ulcer, and deterioration in franco-russian relations ruined napoleon. November 28: oct 1807- metternich recently total change in methods of napoleon. The object of napoleon is to destroy or to humiliate the last power in europe which remains independent .
