Napoleon's French revolutionary troops invaded Switzerland and occupied Bern, dissolving the Old Swiss Confederacy of Thirteen Cantons. This action replaced the aristocratic, decentralized structure with the centralized Helvetic Republic. The intervention created instability, leading to the the Act of Mediation in 1803, bringing back a modified cantonal system.
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