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3.54- The Empire

Revolutions

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The Treaty of Tilset and Napoleon's War on Prussia

In 18 o seven a french army defeated 60,000 russians at the battle of friedland. As it was turning out emperor napoleon not only deserved his title, he was basically invincible. The french then occupied berlin and then just kept rolling right on through poland all the way to the russian frontier. But though had beaten the russians, napoleon really wanted them to be his friend, not his enemy. So he cultivated a relationship with young czar alexander. And as the french and russians negotiated the subsequent treaty of tilset, the rUSSians were granted pretty generous terms. In many ways represents the apex of napoleon's power s

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