Impact of the war of the second Coalition

Question 1

What triggered the war of the 2nd Coalition?

Answer 1

-Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign: Invaded Malta which annoyed Russia, and Austria used his invasion to join with Britain, Ottoman Empire, Russia, Prussia and Italian states (papal states and Naples)

Question 2

What did Napoleon do when he heard of the second coalition’s attacks?

Answer 2

-Left his soldiers in Egypt in August 1799 and returned home : told people of his successes and therefore his failures were unknown

Question 3

When Napoleon arrived back in France in October 1799, what was the state of France?

Answer 3

-enemy troops had been repelled and Russia had withdrawn from the Coalition
-Napoleon was greeted as a savior and hero as his failures in Egypt were unknown

Question 4

What was the economic impact of the Second Coalition on France?

Answer 4

-Forced loan placed upon the rich to fund the war effort

Question 5

When was Jourdan’s law passed and what was it?

Answer 5

-5th September 1798
-conscription of all men between 20-25 for a 5 year term
-Applied to married men with children

Question 6

What was the reaction to Jourdan’s law?

Answer 6

-Violent and passive resistance to conscription and wartime measures: People chopped their thumbs off

Question 7

When was the law of Hostages passed and what was it?

Answer 7

-July 1799
-Any area resisting government could be declared as “disturbed” and arbitrary arrest of relatives of emigres or rebels

Question 8

What was the success and reaction to the Law of Hostages?

Answer 8

-Caused fear of a reprisal of Jacobin terror by the fact of neo-jacobin deputies in the assemblies
-never enforced but stirred opposition to the Directory.