First French Empire

The Admirals, John Haynes, Lynn Dawson, J.C. Kaiser, Mike Guest, Rachel Stark, Mark Duckers, Ian Harding, David Maxwell, David Preece, Graham Callister, Sean Sullivan, Stephen Ashworth, John and Casey Randolph, Kate Walker, Reto the Sci-Fi Fan, Tim Pritchard, Darla Vincent, Jason Morn, Rob Painter, Stephen Ashworth, The Iron Duke, Nickia Craig, Vincent Cervantes, Jeff Frazier and Joseph Stiles.

And in the Crown Yourself tier, Emperor of the First French Empire, Todd Campbell, Duke of Wellington, Laird Campbell, Poultry Prince of Pukalani, Bob Burnham, First Lord of the Treasury, Ryan Diamond, Child of Wellington, Jarl Brian Silcott, and Two Jacobin to Crown Oneself, Dan Hazelwood.

We'll be back very soon, but until then, this has been the Napoleonic Wars pod.

Take care of yourselves, folks.

But they were just as crafty and just as ruthless.

British privateers mostly operated in the North Atlantic, preying on trade between the French Empire and the New World, primarily the United States.

Liverpool and Bristol were major hubs of privateering on the eastern side of the Atlantic and Halifax, Nova Scotia and, somewhat confusingly, Liverpool, Nova Scotia on the western side.

The most famous British privateer was probably Joseph Bars, Jr.

But the interior of the ballroom is where architecture truly becomes choreography.

When French President Emmanuel Macron gave President Trump a private tour of the former palace of the French Empire earlier this year, Trump admired that Versailles isn't gold leaf.

Versailles is the real deal.

A sitting U.S. president openly admiring with jealousy the work of one of history's greatest villains drew outrage as well as laughter.

They have been so social.

They became so socialist, right? If you read about the French Empire and what they've done in history, it's incredible.

And I think the people got so lazy and they expect welfare.

But then the people that weren't on welfare are working and realizing that they have to pay more to fund these people on welfare.

Check out episode 2 and number 40 for more.

After the Revolution, the First Empire, and the Restoration, Paris's squares and streets went through more than a few name changes.

The place was once named for Louis XV, then the Revolution, then a concord.

The two obelisks have the same bases, but the inscriptions vary.

The Admirals, John Haynes, Lynn Dawson, J.C. Kaiser, Mike Guest, Rachel Stark, Mark Duckers, Ian Harding, David Maxwell, David Preece, Graham Callister, Sean Sullivan, Stephen Ashworth, John and Casey Randolph, Kate Walker, Reto the Sci-Fi Fan, Tim Pritchard, Darla Vincent, Jason Morn, Rob Painter, Stephen Ashworth, The Iron Duke, Nickia Craig, Vincent Cervantes, Jeff Frazier and Joseph Stiles.

And in the Crown Yourself tier, Emperor of the First French Empire, Todd Campbell, Duke of Wellington, Laird Campbell, Poultry Prince of Pukalani, Bob Burnham, First Lord of the Treasury, Ryan Diamond, Child of Wellington, Jarl Brian Silcott, and Two Jacobin to Crown Oneself, Dan Hazelwood.

We'll be back very soon, but until then, this has been the Napoleonic Wars pod.

Take care of yourselves, folks.

and to accomplish, as far as in us lies, our providential destiny in the history of the world.

The destruction of the French Empire and the subsequent peace of Europe were purchased by so heavy and lasting a charge on the industry of this country, that any alteration of the great settlement, involving, as it must do, a possibility of future effort and outlay, must awaken serious anxieties not unmixed with disappointment and it will be well to consider for a few moments how far reasonable men were justified in considering the arrangements of eighteen fifteen as definite and satisfactory The Treaty of Vienna and its annexes comprised the territorial arrangement of the whole of Europe, for the rights of those nations that were not immediately parties to the Compact were secured by the limitations imposed on the co-signatories.

After so many changes and transferences of dominion, the settlement was as satisfactory as the pride of conquest and the contest of ambition would permit.

compared with the peace of Lunaville.

It has three empires to worry about.

The British Empire, which it just defeated, the French Empire, and the Spanish Empire.

And this teeny little thing that's trying to become a bigger country.

And the Louisiana Purchase becomes a landed part of that.

Take a class on Latin American studies, right? Take a class on Haitian Creole.

Take a class on, you know, the French Empire.

And you'll learn things, art history.

And if you, you know, go on to be an MD, you'll be able to talk to your patients better after that.