EMERGENCE OF USA
HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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None of these
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Napoleon conquered Russia, but while he was invading the British invaded France
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Napoleon retreated to focus on the Haitian Revolution
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Napoleon lost 95% of his army, and retreated back to France
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Detailed explanation-1: -The result was a disaster for the French. The Russian army refused to engage with Napoleon’s Grande Armée of more than 500, 000 European troops. They simply retreated into the Russian interior. The Grande Armée did not have the supplies or the distribution networks required for such a long march.
Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleon was forced to abdicate and Louis XVIII assumed the French throne. The war came to a formal end with the Treaty of Paris in May 1814.
Detailed explanation-3: -After the Allies entered Paris in March 1814, Napoleon abdicated and was exiled to the island of Elba. He returned to France in March 1815 and rebuilt his army, but he was defeated by Allied forces under the duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815.
Detailed explanation-4: -The French emperor-intent on conquering Europe-sent 600, 000 troops into Russia. Six disastrous months later, only an estimated 100, 000 made it out.
Detailed explanation-5: -The French Invasion of Russia Napoleon hoped to compel Tsar Alexander I of Russia to cease trading with British merchants through proxies in an effort to pressure the United Kingdom to sue for peace. The official political aim of the campaign was to liberate Poland from the threat of Russia.