The Romantic Age

The Napoleonic Wars

1812

historical background

The Romantic Age

1760

George III

1770

The Boston massacre

1773

The Boston Tea Party

1776

The American Declaration of Independence

1789

The French Revolution

1793

>The Reign of Terror

1804

The War with France

1805

The Battle of Trafalgar

The American Declaration of Independence

1781 the war ended1783 Treaty of Versailles: Britain accepted the Independence of the United States of America, but Canada1784: William Pitt the Younger, PM, imposed Britain's first income tax and reduce import duties

The American Revolution

At the end of the 18th century Britain lost the American colonies and went to war with the French army first and with the Napoleonic armies next.Victory over Napoleon gave Britain enormous power over land and sea. The Industrial Revolution gave it an immense advantage on the markets of the world, but costs were equally great.

1815: Hunderd Days' Campaign: Napoleon returned to power Battle of Waterloo: he was defeated by the allied armies, and he was exile dat the island of Saint Helena Congress of Vienna: the victorious nations re-established the old order in Europe. Britain gained territories in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, South Africa and in the Indian Ocean.

The Congress of Vienna

The Seven Years' War

Seven Years' War (1756-1763), the last major conflict before the French Revolution to involve all the great powers of Europe.It involved oversear colonial struggles between Britain and France. The main reason for the struggle between these two traditional rivals were the control of North America and India.