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Brussels was the city where the French armies were welcomed as harbingers of liberty.

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Brussels was the city where the French armies were welcomed as harbingers of liberty. However, in the areas conquered by Napoleon, the reaction of the local population to French rule was mixed. Initially, in many places such as Holland and Switzerland, as well as in some cities such as Brussels, Mainz, Milan, and Warsaw, French forces were hailed as a harbinger of liberty. But this soon turned into hostility as it became clear that the new administrative system could not keep up with political independence. Moreover, increased taxation, censorship, and forced recruitment into the French armies needed to conquer the rest of Europe outweighed administrative changes' benefits.

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