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The Paris Agreements

The firts Paris treaty was signed by the allies on 30 May 1814. The French were very lucky, because they got away with a lot of war crimes and this treaty was extremly benevolent for them. The borders of 1792 were renewed and France had to agree on termination of there claims on Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and Holland. The former French colonies of Santa Lucia, Tobago and Isle de France were given to Britain. There was to be no occupying army and no indemnity was levied. France even got permission to retrain art treasures looted from the cities of Europe during the Napoleonic conquests.
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