# First Coalition forms against France (1793)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1793-first-coalition-forms-against-france
Location: Europe
Categories: battle

European monarchies expanded the war against revolutionary France. Within the broader French Revolution period, The Revolution dismantled legal privilege and absolute monarchy, declared new rights and created a republic. War, popular mobilization, civil conflict and political terror repeatedly transformed the revolutionary state. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is National Convention (Collective head of the French Republic). First Coalition forms against France mattered because it changed the military or territorial balance and influenced the political choices that followed. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
First Coalition forms against France mattered because it changed the military or territorial balance and influenced the political choices that followed.

Ruler at the time: [National Convention](https://history-france.com/rulers/national-convention)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — First Coalition forms against France](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=First+Coalition+forms+against+France&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — First Coalition forms against France](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=First+Coalition+forms+against+France)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)