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Swiss ConfederationSchweizerische Eidgenossenschaft | |||||||||
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Government | Tagsatzung | ||||||||
Historical era | Napoleonic Wars | ||||||||
• Act of Mediation | 19 February, 1803 1803 | ||||||||
• Independence restored by Congress of Vienna | June 8, 1815 1815 | ||||||||
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The Act of Mediation was issued by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 February 1803, abolishing the Helvetic Republic which had existed since the invasion of Switzerland by French troops in 1798. After the withdrawal of French troops in July 1802, the Republic collapsed (Stecklikrieg). The Act of Mediation was Napoleon's attempt at a compromise between the Ancien Regime and a Republic. This intermediary stage of Swiss history lasted until the Restoration of 1815.
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