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1802 |
Wilberforce postpones a general abolition motion. Plantation expansion is blocked in Trinidad and St. Vincent. The Peace of Amiens between England and France restores slave colonies to prewar status except for Trinidad, San Domingo, and Louisiana. |
*Abolition
*France
*Colonialism |
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Mar 27, 1802 |
Treaty of Amiens signed by Britain, France, Spain, and the Netherlands. The "Peace of
Amiens," as it was known, brought a temporary peace of 14 months during the Napoleonic Wars. One of its most important cultural effects was that travel and correspondence across the English Channel became possible again. Many British authors, artists, and politicians visited France during this time. |
*France
*Spain |
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Apr 1802 |
Napoleon becomes Life Consul of France. |
*France |
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Apr 30, 1803 |
Louisiana bought by U.S. from France. |
*France |
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May 12, 1803 |
Peace of Amiens ends; resumption of war with France. |
*France |
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Mar 1804 |
Code Napoléon enacted in France. |
*France |
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May 18, 1804 |
Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of France. |
*France |
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Dec 2, 1805 |
Napoleon defeats Austrians and Russians at Austerlitz. |
*France |
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1807 |
France invades Spain and Portugal. |
*France
*Spain |
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1808 |
Convention of Cintra, supervising French
withdrawal, signed. |
*France |
| Details |
1808 |
Jose Blanco White emigrates to England, seeking asylum from the French invasion and the Spanish Junta. |
*France
*Spain |
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1809 |
France: Napoleon defeated by the Austrians. |
*France |
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1810 |
The Portuguese agree, under British pressure, to abolish the slave trade gradually. The revolutionary government of Caracas proclaims
abolition. Mexican revolutionaries proclaim emancipation. Guadeloupe, St. Martin, Bourbon, and the Ile de France are captured by the British. Sugar prices rise. The slave trade shows signs of new vigor. |
*Abolition
*France
*Colonialism |
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June 1812 |
Napoleon invades Russia. |
*France |
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Oct 1812 - Dec 1812 |
Napoleon retreats from Moscow. |
*France |
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1813 |
The Battle of Lepzig; Napoleon defeated and in retreat. Wellington victorious in Peninsular
War; Spain liberated. Austria joins the alliance against France. |
*Spain
*France |
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1814 |
Abolitionists prepare to lobby the Congress of Vienna. The treaty of Paris restores the French slave trade for five years. A mass petition ensues in Britain. Britain begins a strong diplomatic effort for total international abolition. The Dutch accept abolition before their colonies are restored. The French agree to a restriction of the slave-trade coast. Guadeloupe and Martinique are returned to France. Sugar prices reach record heights. |
*Abolition
*Colonialism
*France |
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Jan 1, 1814 |
Invasion of France by Allies. |
*France |
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Mar 1, 1814 |
Castlereagh's treaty with Austria, Prussia, and Russia against Napoleon. |
*France |
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Mar 31, 1814 |
Russian and Prussian armies enter Paris. |
*France |
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Apr 6, 1814 |
Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba; Bourbons restored. |
*France |
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May 1814 |
First treaty of Paris: Restoration of the Bourbons. |
*France |
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1815 |
France: The Restoration of Louis XVIII. |
*France |
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1815 |
Bonaparte decrees abolition in France during the Hundred Days and the restoration government accepts the decree. Britain secures a declaration against the slave trade at the Congress of Vienna. Sugar prices continue high. Slave trade to Cuba begins to rise sharply. |
*France
*Abolition
*Colonialism |
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Mar 1815 - May 1815 |
The Hundred Days: Napoleon escapes from Elba and temporarily regains power. |
*France |
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