Napoleonic wars (1803-15)

Question 1

British expansion in the colonies

Answer 1

Following its victory in 7YW

Question 2

Egypt

Answer 2

Suez: extremely strategic
France: victory against Mamluks in 1798
Britain: victory against the French in same year
Syrian expedition: failure

Question 3

Battle of Trafalgar

Answer 3

1805: Naval battle between Britain and France + Spain
British victory

Question 4

French occupation of european metropoles

Answer 4

Napoleon conquest of Spain (1808) and Netherlands (1810)
Britain took this opportunity to conquer some of their colonies: Trinidad from Spain and Cape Colony + Ceylon from Dutch

Question 5

Further British expansion in India

Motivation and reasons for success

Answer 5

Motivation: protection of trade and an imagined french threat
Success: due to social instability in India and British military superiority

Question 6

British conquests in India

Answer 6

Mysore in 1790s
Oudh in 1801
Delhi in 1803 (Moghul capital)
Marathas and Rajputs 1802-18
Treaty w Nepali gurkhas in 1816