19th Century (October Plotters)

1800-1821
King Frederick I became the first king of the British Union in 1792. Under him, British politics stabilised and British loylaism became a trend. However, the example of the British First Republic had inspired others. In France, the common people threw off their shackles and rose against the French regime. At first, the newly democratic British Union favoured demaocratic revolution, but soon looked on in horror as France made all the same mistakes. France fell under the control of the Jacobins and began their reign of Terror. Frederick was frightned of gatting involved for fear of sparking revolutionary feeling in Britain once more. He finally declared war on France when the Netherlands fell under Jacobin control. Britain fought with France for years. The Republic became an Empire under Napoleon who fuelled another wave of expandionism, bringing virtually all of Europe under his influence, even freeing Ireland. Napoleon secured control over Saint Dominique but he was finally forced to stop his war in 1819, when Wellington successfully sieged Paris. The vast French Empire in Europe was to be split up into Russian, Swedish and French satellite states. Peace was restored and two years later, Frederick died.