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1
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when did Russia declare war on britain

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nov 1807

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n desire to bring about the defeat of Britain took him back to Italy

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1808

invaded papal states – all of Italy except sicily under French control

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3
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n’s 2 big mistakes

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occupation of spain 1808

invasion of Russia 1812

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2 decrees from milan

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23 november
17 december 1807
which extended the continental blockade to include neutral countries

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5
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The ‘Spanish Ulcer’ - when was lisbon captured

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30 november 1807 – royal family evaded

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Peninsular war

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o Half of French soldiers lost in campaign
o Failed its primary objective of enforcing continental blockade
o Overran Portugal 1807 but couldn’t ensure blockade along coastline

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7
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n summoned Spanish king and heir to france – replaced by Joseph

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1808

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8
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Spanish revolt

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2-4 may 1808
o murat responded – 100 spaniards executed in return for 31 frenchmen
population set up juntas - nobility and clergy guerilla warfare

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9
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French defeated at baylen

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o july 1808

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10
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Br sent a force to peninsula

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o august 1808 and drove French out of Portugal

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N personal control

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o Arrived autumn 1808 with 270,000 army of spain and reversed defeat
o Br forced to give up and evacuated from corunna by royal navy

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br under Arthur Wellesley Portugal

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• 1808
o 35000 men relying on guerrilla forces
o exploted fr weakness – lack of supplies and exploiting br navy

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news of austria’s mobilisation

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• beginning of 1809 prompted n to leave spain

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battle of talavera

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• 1808- angl Spanish army decided not to advance further into spain

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massena launched invasion of Portugal

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1810 • to force out british and enforce continental bloackade
• wellington withdrew to defend Lisbon
• secure behinf lines of torres Vedras – defence fortifications arounf Lisbon and supplied by navy – wellington prepared for siege against fr
• Massena couldn’t dislodge british and suffered 25000 casualties

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16
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Massena withdrew forces back into spain

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March 1811

• 353000 french troops in spain but no authority

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17
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wellington captured ciudad Rodrigo and bajadoz

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1812

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18
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northern spain liberated

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o 1813 following Victoria at vittoria

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19
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French forces driven back across pyrenees and defeated at Toulouse

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o 1814

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20
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N decision to leave spain

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1809 – no leadership or commander

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21
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Access to Spanish markets in Europe and south America boost british exports

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o £48 million in 1810 from £38 in 1808

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Consequences of peninsular war

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  • Eroded fr military prestige – maintanenance – ‘spanish ulcer’
  • Relieved pressure on Britain
  • Ordinary Spanish people lost
  • Franco Spanish attack on Portugal – br committed military
  • N inability to resolve – doubts on judjment
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23
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War with austria

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1809 war on two fronts When n reached paris from spain in jan 1809
• Opposing n was a rejuvenated army led by archduke Charles – invaded Bavaria southern Germany

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24
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Leaving paris

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14 april 1809 – danube valley

o Defeat of Austrians at eckmull, expelled from Bavaria

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25
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n occupied Vienna

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12 may

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26
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• artillery barrage – archduke attacked French near aspern and esseling

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o 2 days battle – each side lost 20000 men

o French withdrew onto large island in danube – first military defeat of n’s career

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27
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• wagram

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3rd encounter 2-4- july 1809
o 30,000 casualties each army
Austrian retreat and request for armistice

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28
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Treaty of schonbrun

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october 1809
♣	Austria lost Illyrian provinces
♣	Reduction to 150000 men
♣	85 mill francs
♣	continental blockade
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29
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divorced wife

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12 jan 1810

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30
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• proxy marriage in Vienna with marie louise, Austrian emperor’s daughter

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march 1810
little enthusiasm in france
end of alliance with Russia

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31
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invasion of Russia

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1812
mutual distrust
o n’s refusal to support tsar’s ambition to seize Constantinople (Istanbul)
o n’s annexation of north german state of Oldenburg – tsar sister married to ruler of duchy of Oldenburg
o alexander attacked Sweden with French encourgament but then seized and annexed Swedish finland
o arguments over warsaw

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32
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tsar withdrawal from CB

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last day of 1810 – new trade tarrif that favoured br

33
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• n- most cosmopolitan forces since crusades of 12th century and largest ever

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o grand armee 600000

♣ only 270000 frenchmen

34
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• n crosse river Niemen into Russian territory

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22 june 1812
• Russian armies refused French, retreating before them destroying food supplies
N drawn deeper into Russia

35
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• Disease struck men before campaign had begun

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60,000

36
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• horses died from eating unripe corn

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1000

37
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mid august – central army had lost…

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100000 men

38
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pressing on to Smolensk

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• Russian commander kutosov urged on by tsar fought and waited with an army of 120000 west if Moscow near village Borodino

39
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• day long battle

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7 september 1812
prolonged artillery duel and fierce fighting
French

40
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Order of the day n declared

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he was at the battle but really 60 miles away

41
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n’s advanced guard went into deserted Moscow

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14 sept 1812

n stayed for a month

42
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withdraw

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  • 19 oct 1812
  • route down south for army of now 107000
  • March over battlefield of Borodino with decaying bodies of 30000 of their own dead
43
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Retreat from Moscow

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By the time n reached Smolensk in mid November there were only 50,000 in the grand armee
• Army left Smolensk – marched west
• Russians rached river beresina before french and demolished the bridges
o N discovered a ford with 2 bridges
o Then destroyed and many drowned

44
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Of 40000 men of grand armee who got across bridge,

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o 25000 survuved to reach Germany at the end of the year

45
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only allowed - weeks to defeat russia

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9

46
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mallet conspiracy

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22-3 oct 1812
Fragility of imperial gov exposed
o plot by former generals almost succeeded in persuading some key officials that the emperor was dead and provisional gov needed to be formed – plotters executed

47
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6th coalition

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• feb 1813 – anti French alliance Russia and Prussia
• tsar alexander formed coalition
o Russia, Prussia, Britain

48
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prussia declared war on france

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16 march 1813

49
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lutsen and Bautzen

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2 may, 20 may
o n victorious but didn’t inflict decisive defeat
o still in peninsular war

50
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accepted Austrian armistice

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4 june 1813

51
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peace:

• Russian and Prussia negotiations in Dresden, Metternich drew up a proposal for n

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o	Return Illyrian provinces
o	Give up duchy of warsaw
o	Withdraw from Germany and Italy
o	Recognise independence of the states of confederation of rhine
•	N made no concessions
52
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Resumption of war

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12 august 1813 austria declared war on france

53
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Leipzig

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o 16-19 octobet 1813
o 177000 strong grand armee opposed by 250000 allied troops – 1 of the bloodiest battles of Napoleonic era
o battle of nations victory to allies

54
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baden, Bavaria, wurrtemberg and other states of confederation went to

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allies

55
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Jerome out of

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o Westphalia

56
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Saxony occupied by

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prussia

57
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warsaw to

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russia

58
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Amsterdam revolt

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o drove French from Holland

59
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o Illyrian provinces

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abandoned

60
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grand empire consisted of

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belgium, swizerland, austria

61
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allies offered n a ceasefire due to pressure from br – t of Chaumont

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feb 1814
o restore france to pre rev 1791 borders
o coalition – quadruple alliance – 20 years
• n rejected terms –

62
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allies entered paris along with bourbon king louis XVIII

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31 march 1814

63
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Senate deposed n

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2 april

64
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Agreed to abdicated

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• 6 april 1814

65
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Reached island of elba

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• 4 may 1814

66
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Hundred days campaign

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1815:

67
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first treaty of paris

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•	30 may 1814
o	France restored to frotniers of 1792
o	French colonies captured restored
o	No indemnity
o	Looted art treasures did not have to be returned
68
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Congress of Vienna

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• autumn 1814
o Tsar wanted all of Poland with compensation for Prussia
o Br and sutria made secret alliance against Prussia and Russia

69
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N escaped elba and landed in southern france

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1 march 1815
o n offered to negotiate with austria and br to break up alliance
o both rejected, declared him an outlaw and aligned themselves against him with Prussia and Russia

70
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• n marched north to paris with former soldiers and generals

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• king fled from city
• political concession through acte additionnel
o drafted by Benjamin constant
• plebiscite with 20% of electroare

71
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order of day 14 june 1815

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• for every Frenchman with a heart the moment has come to conquer or perish’

72
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• battle near Belgian village of waterloo

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18 june 1815
• n had a numerical advantage pver wellington
• favour of allies determined by Prussians
• n’s defeat marked the end of the Napoleonic era
• army of 125000 – targets of allied armies in Belgium under wellington and Prussian general blucher

73
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• louis xviii made second entry to paris

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8 july

74
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n final abdication

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22 june 1815 and exile to st helena

75
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, second treaty of paris

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• 1815 reduced frontiers of france to those of 1790

76
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n to be exiled to st Helena

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• 17 oct 1815 and remained until death 5 may 1821

77
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congress of Vienna

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• treaty 9 june 1815 accepted by allies that france neede to be contained within frontiers – ring of buffer states
o Austrian infouence in northern Italy
o Kingdom of Sardinia piedmont guarded SE frontier
o North – Belgium united with Holland
o East – Switzerland independence, and Rhineland – Russia

78
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• Satellite states:

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o Italy – naples returned to bourbon rule and other states to 1796 boundaries
o Papal states to pope
o Germany - - 41 sovereign states – new german confederation
o Russia acquired Poland
o Spain – bourbon rule

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