MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Austria
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Great Britain (England)
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Holland
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Spain
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jun 24, 1812 CE: Napoleon Invades Russia. On June 24, 1812, the Grande Armée, led by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1799, he led a coup d’état and was appointed First Consul; within a few years he named himself Emperor and set out to claim an empire. Over the next ten years, the armies of France under his command fought almost every European power, and acquired control of most of continental Europe by conquest or alliance.
Detailed explanation-3: -The French Invasion of Russia A military campaign, known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 and in France as the Russian Campaign, that began in June 1812 when Napoleon’s Grande Armée crossed the Niemen River to engage and defeat the Russian army.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did Napoleon come to dominate most of Europe by 1812? He defeated European powers by moving large armies rapidly, taking risks, and being willing to suffer great losses. He annexed some lands and forced alliances on others.