The French revolution begin on 1798 till 1799. The most obvious reasons for the revolution is the heavy taxes that the French regime made the poor people pay it (As France was heavily in debt at this era) and the authority of the church and the aristocracy. The revolution main demands were equity, justice and change monarchy with republic system. The revolution had went into wrong hands like the Robespierre and Jacobins that caused a lot of terror and blood. This era had ended by the rise of napoleon in 1799 and became the hero of the revolution from the point of view of the French people.
5.1.2 War of the first coalition
The monarchies in Europe became concerned through the development of the revolution in France and …show more content…
France and Britain couldn’t reach an agreement and hence Britain declared war on France in 1803.The third coalition was formed after Napoleon had crowned himself an emperor in Italy and killing the Duc d'Enghien in Germany, these incidents made Austria and Russia join the coalition with Britain and Sweden. Napoleon was hoping to invade Britain by designing le Grande Armee for this mission. Napoleon began his plan to conquer Britain by sea, so he tried to lure the British fleet from the English canal by attacking the Caribbean to have a better chance to face Britain in the water. The plan went wrong and France couldn’t drag the British fleet due to the lack of experience of French naval officers as the good ones were killed or expelled during the first days of the French revolution. Meanwhile, Napoleon changed his plans about invading Britain and decided to concentrate on the Russian/Austrian sides by attacking Italy and Bavaria. Napoleon wanted to finish off the Austrian threat before the Russian reinforcements arrive, so he moved quickly and took 23,000 of the Austrian army as prisoners at the city of Ulm in Bavaria. In 1805 at the same time at the sea, the French fleet combined with Spanish one. Most of the fleet ships were destroyed or captured in the Trafalgar battle, which was a decisive win for Britain and proving its naval superiority once again. Horatio Nelson was one of the main reasons of The British crucial victory in Trafalgar battle. Trying to compensate his los against coalition in Trafalgar, Napoleon made a brilliant tactic by spreading the word that the French army is in a miserable state and he is looking for peace. Napoleon also had a backup of 20,000 invisible troops near the battle ground so his army would be nearly 75,000 against 85,000of the