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The Helvetic Republic (French: République Hélvetique, German: Helvetische Republik, Italian: Repubblica Elvetica) was a sister republic of France that existed between 1798 and 1803, during the French Revolutionary Wars. It was created following the French invasion and the consequent dissolution of … See more
During the French Revolutionary Wars of the 1790s, the French Republican armies expanded eastward. In 1793, the National Convention had imposed friendship with the United States and the Swiss Confederation as … See more
Before the advent of the Helvetic Republic, each individual canton had exercised complete sovereignty over its own territory or territories. Little central authority had existed, with … See more
The Helvetic Republic reduced the formerly sovereign cantons to mere administrative division, though keeping the denomination of cantons, while also raising to such status unrepresented territories previously ruled as subjects of the Confederation. … See more
The Helvetic Republic did highlight the desirability of a central authority to handle matters for the country as a whole (as opposed to the … See more
• Helvetic Republic in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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