Treaty of Amiens - peace between Britain and France

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.05: French Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth-Century , 1800-1900.
Vol. editors: David Elwyn Evans (University of St Andrews), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Elisabeth Gerwin (University of Lethbridge), Nigel Harkness (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield), Jennifer Yee (University of Oxford)

Domains

Peace treaties

Dates

Date of occurrence 1802-03-27

Places

France (Location)
United Kingdom (Involved)

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The Treaty of Amiens, signed on 25 March 1802, brings a respite in the war with France which will last 14 months. Neither Britain nor France had achieved much by their nearly ten years of war, Britain not having succeeded on the continent, and France having lost control of the seas. Pitt's government having fallen, Addington was able to conclude a peace treaty with Napoleon which many saw as offering only a temporary respite. War resumed in May 1803 and Napoleon prepared

La Grande Armée

to invade England.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Treaty of Amiens - peace between Britain and France". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 January 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=833, accessed 04 May 2024.]

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