The Control Of The Grand Empire + Challenges Flashcards
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Administration of the Empire
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- 130 Departements integrated centred on Paris
- Gendarmerie reinforced power and authority of central government
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Economic policies of Empire
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- ‘France first’ policy maximised revenue from satellite states
- 1805-11 tax revenues increased by 50% in Kingdom of Italy
- Poland and Westphalia supplied 25% of land dotations
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Social policies of Empire
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- 1801 Concordat ended secular privileges of Church and imposed religious toleration
- Civil code imposed
- Serfdom abolished in Grand Duchy of Warsaw 1807
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Opposition to Concordat and Conscription across Empire
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- Jewish tolerance provoked resistance in strongly Catholic Southern Italy
- Conscription:
- Inspired peasant rising in Spain in 1808
- 25% conscripts evaded service in 1804
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What was serfdom
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System under which peasants were property of their masters
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Continental blockade
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- 1806 - Berlin Decree - forbade all French states from buying British goods
- 1807 - Orders in Council - Britain would not buy goods from France - Royal Navy blockaded French ports
- 1807 - Milan Decree - French warships to capture neutral ships from British ports
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Impact of continental blockade
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- Tea, coffee, sugar - Unobtainable in continental Europe
- 1808 - Portugal refused to obey - provoked entry to Spain
- 1810 - Tsar Alexander opted against system - Led to invasion of Russia
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Peninsular War outcome
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- 1809 - French setbacks encouraged Austria to re-enter war
- 1813 - Wellesley defeats French at Vitoria - enters Madrid
- 1814 - Wellesley invaded France - defeated French at Toulouse
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Austrian campaign
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- 1809 - Austria re-entered war
- 1809 - Essling - Lost 20,000 men and retreated
- 1809 - Defeated Austrians at Wagram - 34,000 french lost
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Outcome of Austrian campaign
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- 1809 - Austria forced into Treaty of Schönbrunn - Cost Austria 83,000㎢ of territory and 1/6th of population
- Lost around 60,000 men
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Russian Campaign
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- 1810 - Tsar Alexander broke continental blockade - placed tariffs on French imports
- 1812 - Began invasion of Russia
- Scorched earth policy - Starved men leading to illness
- 1812 - Frostbite and starvation forced retreat from Moscow
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Outcome of Russian campaign
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- Only 10,000 remained from Grandé Armée
- Triggered War of Fourth Coalition - Prussia and Austria broke alliance
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War of the Fourth Coalition
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- By 1813 - Russia, Austria, Britain and Prussia - all allied against France
- 1813 - NB declared war on Prussia
- 1813 - Prussians, Russians and Austrians forced French retreat from Leipzig
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Result of War of Fourth Coalition
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- By 1814 - Empire had fallen apart
- 1814 - Allies entered Paris - Treaty of Fontainebleau - Exiled to Elba
- 1814 - Wellesley defeated French at Toulouse
