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The Fall of Napoleon
Is it easier to gain power or to lose power?
Setting Events
• Failed invasion of Russia
• Inability to suppress rebellions
• Battle of Leipzig
• Strengthening of the Coalition– Great Britain, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, Prussia
Napoleon is Exiled
• 1814 – Forced to step down as emperor
– Exiled to island of Elba
– Louis XVIII became king
Elba
The Hundred Days
“Soldiers of the Fifth, you recognize me. If any man would shoot his emperor, he may do so now.”
• 1815 - Napoleon returned to France
• The military rejoined him– 140,000 of regular forces– 200,000 volunteers
• Ruled for 100 days
The Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815)
• Napoleon’s last battle– 69,000 French soldiers
• Arthur Wellesley: Duke of Wellington; led the armies of the Coalition– 127,000 soldiers from:
• Great Britain
• Spain
• Portugal
• Germany
• Netherlands
• Prussia
The Battle of Waterloo
After his fall…
• Imprisoned on St. Helena
• Died on May 5, 1821
– Age 52
– Controversy
Review
• How did Napoleon rise to power?
• What did Napoleon do with his power?– Within France?
– Across Europe?
• Why did Napoleon want to expand the French Empire?
• What led to Napoleon’s fall from power?
• What places were powerful in Napoleon’s life?
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