FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Question
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He believed that French soldiers were better than anyone else.
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He knew that he could extend France’s powers.
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He was angry with Austria.
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He hoped that foreign armies would defeat the French army and restore his power.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On 20 April 1792, Dumouriez gave an official report on the situation. He and the Girondins claimed that the House of Habsburg had made France a slave to its ambitions since 1756, and urged an immediate declaration of war.
Detailed explanation-2: -From the time he was appointed in 1666, Louvois introduced uniforms, improved equipment such as flintlock muskets and socket bayonets, and a revised organization with a fixed-rank system. After 1668, the army was increased to 170, 000 men. (France was then Europe’s most populous country, with about 18 million people.)
Detailed explanation-3: -It is likely the king wanted war for his own reasons, perhaps hoping the combined might of Austria, Prussia and the émigrésforces would drive the revolutionaries from power and restore him to the throne.
Detailed explanation-4: -In November, evidence of Louis XVI’s counterrevolutionary intrigues with Austria and other foreign nations was discovered, and he was put on trial for treason by the National Convention.