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The 21 pages that link to War of the First Coalition, each with the reason it gives.

• Reign of TerrorRelated: Foreign invasion intensified fears of defeat and internal betrayal.

• French Revolutionary WarsBroader topic: The first major coalition war began the series and tested France’s revolutionary armies.

• Thermidorian ReactionRelated: Military danger had helped justify emergency rule before victories weakened that rationale.

• French DirectoryRelated: The Directory inherited the war and relied on military success for stability.

• Committee of Public SafetyRelated: Defeats and invasion threats sharpened calls for coordinated wartime leadership.

• Treaty of Campo FormioNarrower topic: The treaty formally ended this conflict between France and Austria.

• Silesian WarsCompared with: It involved a different era and cause, rather than the eighteenth-century contest for Silesia.

• Levée en masseRelated: Coalition armies threatening France made mass mobilization an urgent policy.

• Concordat of 1801Related: The upheaval and anticlerical policies of wartime France deepened the break with Rome.

• Lazare CarnotRelated: The conflict created the military emergency that brought Carnot into national war administration.

• Revolutionary TribunalRelated: Military threats intensified fears of treason that helped justify the court’s creation.

• French DirectoryRelated: Continuing war supplied the Directory with military pressure and opportunities for political intervention.

• Jacques Pierre BrissotBroader topic: Brissot’s campaign for war helped bring France into conflict with Austria and its allies.

• La MarseillaiseRelated: France’s declaration of war on Austria prompted the song’s composition.

• War of the Second CoalitionNarrower topic: The unresolved rivalries and French expansion from this earlier war fed the next coalition.

• Coalition warfareBroader topic: Its changing alliances show how coalitions can be repeatedly assembled and dissolved during war.

• Battle of ValmyNarrower topic: Valmy was an early engagement in the conflict that began with the invasion.

• Fall of the Republic of VeniceRelated: Its campaigns brought French and Austrian armies into northern Italy and threatened Venetian neutrality.

• Battle of ArcoleNarrower topic: Arcole was one episode in the coalition’s struggle to drive French forces from Italy.

• William GrenvilleBroader topic: Grenville’s diplomacy sought to sustain Britain’s coalition against revolutionary France.

• French Revolutionary and Napoleonic WarsBroader topic: It was the first sustained conflict between revolutionary France and its European opponents.