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The Napoleonic Wars. France declares war. Seditious writing banned Habeas corpus suspended Anti-Jacobin. Why no British Revolution?. English society different Already a Bill of Rights French oppose all religion France traditional enemy Revolutionaries inconsistent. Napoleon Bonaparte.
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France declares war • Seditious writing banned • Habeas corpus suspended • Anti-Jacobin
Why no British Revolution? • English society different • Already a Bill of Rights • French oppose all religion • France traditional enemy • Revolutionaries inconsistent
Napoleon Bonaparte • 1769-1821
Effects in Britain • Discouraged domestic reform • Encouraged domestic anti-Jacobinism
British War Aims • Economic? • Political? • Ideological? • Liberation
Conduct of the War • Pitt as war minister • Coalition • Battle of the Nile (1798) • Amiens (1802)
The Continental System • Blockade against British goods
System Failed • Hurt France’s allies • Can’t patrol European coast • England trades world wide • Pushed Russia out of alliance
Sir Arthur Wellesley • 1769-1852 • Duke of Wellington (1812)
Conduct of the Peace • Congress of Vienna (1814-15) • Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, France • No major grudges • Balance of power restored