The Battle of Asterlitz - The End of the Spanish Empire

Napoleon deposed the spanish monarchy in may of 18 o eight. It was a massive upheaval back in europe that sent the revolutionary ripples across the atlantic. The british and portuguese have like the single oldest treaty of friendship in european history, dating all the way back to the late 13 hundreds. To follow through on that threat, napoleon had to get the french army from france to portugal - which meant going through spain.