For centuries, the islands of Cres and Lošinj were under the governance of Venice. When the Republic of Venice fell apart, the political map of Europe changed a lot. Each one of the big countries wanted to take as much territory as possible from the previous Republic. Napoleon first decided to leave Dalmatia and Kvarner islands to Austria, but even though he did that, he never lost his original idea to „own“ that region. In 1806, by winning a battle he forced Austria to return the territory. When the French rule was established in that same area a lot of things started to change. The inhabitants were having a hard time accepting all the new changes, and it was even more difficult to accept the „new thinking and ideas“. The biggest problem of the region was the Adriatic blockade which was mostly done by the English fleet, resenting the French for their mainland seige. The consequence of the blockade was that many ships were forced to stay in their harbours and thus literally decay. Even though there were brave and courageous sailors that tried to leave the harbours, they always had to face the risk of being captured by the pirates. In that event they would lose the ship and all the goods on board. To improve the communication between populated places, despite the Adriatic blockade, the French government decided to improve and build new roads, so they connected Mali and Veli Lošinj, as well as Osor and Cres with a more modern road. Regarding the maritime development, the French government established two important institutions, the Port authority and the Sanitary commission, with the aim of promoting the development. The inhabitants of the island of Cres were not willing to accept the new government and therefore they stated their demands and sent them directly to Zadar. The previous administrative centre of Osor was abolished in favour of the Lošinj community, and thus Mali and Veli Lošinj, after so many years, became administratively free. During those years, the islands had to face difficult times, even though the changes that were occurring were in the benefit of the inhabitants. At the beginning, people could not accept the new ideas and new politics, but they were forced to live with the „new stream“ and that has been visible in the following historic period when the islands have developed and become very famous in the whole world.