British political impact of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1812
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- British political impact of French wars 1793-1812
- William Cobbett denounced growth of government in his Political Register
- Cobbett was a political journalist and exposed govt's mishandlings of war in his Political Register
- 1793-1801 first phase of the war
- brought to a close by the Treaty of Amiens
- signed in March 1802
- Henry Addington prime minister at this point
- signed in March 1802
- brought to a close by the Treaty of Amiens
- Addington declares war May 1803 after Napoleon breached the peace terms
- Addington built up a Home Guard for a possible attack by Napoleon
- Levee en Masse Act introduced July 1803 listed all men between 17 and 55
- 800,000 men across all social classes under arms. Impossible to train them all properly
- Biggest armed mobilisation attempted in Britain
- Levee en Masse Act introduced July 1803 listed all men between 17 and 55
- Addington introduced efficiencies on income tax to boost war funds
- Ordered a clean up of corruption within Navy Board
- Importance of attacking France's trading ability
- Blockade of French ports
- Importance of attacking France's trading ability
- Ordered a clean up of corruption within Navy Board
- Addington built up a Home Guard for a possible attack by Napoleon
- Addington resigns May 1804
- Third Coalition between Britain, Russia and Austria
- Horatio Nelson's British victory over French at Trafalgar October 1805
- Pitt PM again
- Asa Briggs 'time had not made Pitt a great war minister'
- Lord Grenville PM 1806
- Failure in establishing clear war strategy
- Brought down by issue of Catholic Emancipation
- Spencer Perceval PM 1809
- Asa Briggs: he 'provided the nucleus of the administration which won the war'
- None of the PMs adopted an overall clear strategy but by 1812 Napoleon was overstretching his resources - Britain could take advantage
- William Cobbett denounced growth of government in his Political Register
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