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Chapter 21 Part 7. The French Revolution Napoleon. The Empire Period 1804-1814. December 2, 1804 Napoleon crowned himself hereditary emperor at Notre Dame The Pope was there but did not do the crowning…Why Not? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chapter 21Part 7
The French RevolutionNapoleon
The Empire Period 1804-1814
December 2, 1804 Napoleon crowned himself hereditary emperor at Notre Dame
The Pope was there but did not do the crowning…Why Not?
He was looking to thwart any plans that the royalists might have to return to power
He believed that an empire was necessary for France to expand & maintain its influence in Europe
Napoleon Saw himself as a liberator…freeing
foreign peoples from oppressive absolutist rulers
BUT his dominance over other nations will inspire the rise of nationalism which eventually will lead to his downfall
The Grand Empire Napoleon will be at war constantly
beginning in 1805
Napoleon will create the largest empire since Roman times…but it was temporary
The Empire extended from the Rhine, included Holland and present-day Belgium, the German coast to the western Baltic, and the Italian coast to Rome
Nepotism Napoleon placed his favorites on the
thrones of dependent satellite kingdoms:
Brother, Joseph, became King of Spain
Brother, Jerome, became King of Westphalia
Brother, Louis, became King of Holland (6 yrs.) until it was incorporated into France
His sister, Caroline, became Queen of Naples
The Empire He will consolidate the German
States and create the Confederation of the Rhine
Napoleon’s step-son ruled Lombardy, Venice, and Papal states
He decided not to unify Italy to prevent a future threat
Napoleon Abolished Feudalism and reformed
the social, political, and economic institutions in conquered areas
All countries of the Grand Empire gained some of the main principles of the French Revolution
BUT no self-government
At First Napoleon was supported by the
commercial and professional classes who supported the Enlightenment
BUT his oppression and exploitation eventually turned the conquered people against him
What oppression? Conscription into the French army High taxes (while taxes in France
were lowered) The Continental System: Berlin and
Milan Decrees
Most believed that Napoleon ended up betraying the ideals of the French Revolution
The War of the Third Coalition
1805-1807 The Third Coalition: Britain,
Austria, Russia
After Napoleon conquered Italy, Austria was concerned about the threat to the balance of power in Europe
As early as 1803 Napoleon began plans to invade England
1805 The Battle of Trafalgar The combined
French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the British navy (Horatio Nelson was killed here)
Planned invasion of Britain was no longer possible
The Battle of Austerlitz in Moravia. Alexander I pulled Russian troops out and Austria was forced to give up much territory in exchange for peace
The Third Coalition Collapsed
Napoleon now had western and central Europe
He had the Arc de Triomphe built in 1806 to commemorate his victory at Austerlitz
During Roman times, Caesars would build an arch to commemorate their victories
The Arc de Triomphe
1806
Napoleon defeated Prussia twice at the Battle of Jena and the Battle of Auerstadt
By 1807 Alexander I of Russia sought peace terms
The Treaty of Tilsit 1807 Prussia ceded land to France
(included ½ of Prussia’s population)
Russia accepted Napoleon’s dominance of Western and Central Europe
Russia agreed to accept Napoleon’s Continental System (Russia thus allied with France against England)
The Reorganization of Germany
The Confederation of the Rhine Napoleon consolidated the 300 sovereign states into 15
Did not include Austria, Prussia or Saxony
Napoleon named himself “Protector” of the Confederation
The HRE was abolished
French Foreign Policy Undone!
Napoleon will inspire German Nationalism through his dominance and repression AND they were now less divided than before
The Continental System To wage economic warfare against
Britain Both Countries came to a stalemate
in 1805 with the Battles of Trafalgar and Austerlitz
Both decided to starve each other out
The Brits had the orders in Council (2) in 1806
The French had the Continental System: the Berlin and Milan Decrees
The Berlin Decree Napoleon closed continent’s ports to
British ships He had coerced Russia, Prussia,
Spain, (neutral) Denmark, and Portugal to adhere to the Berlin Decree
Brits responded with The Orders in Council: Closing ports under British control to French trade and Neutral ships would be confiscated if they were on the way to trade with the continent
The Milan Decree Neutral ships on the way to Britain,
on the way back from Britain, or having been boarded by the Brits at sea was subject to confiscation
Both the Brits and the French violated U.S. neutral rights at sea. Eventually led to the War of 1812: Brits v the U.S. while the Brits were still fighting the French
The Continental System Caused hardship in Europe and
resentment against Napoleon
Imports from America were in much demand
European industries could not produce like the Brits did
The Continental System was impossible to maintain
The Continental System Many of the European Bourgeoisie
were ruined as a result of the lack of trade
Eastern Europeans who had little industry of their own were especially hard hit
Many could not honor their agreements with Napoleon as to supporting his Continental Sys.
The Peninsular War 1808-1814
Portugal violated the Continental System and had to be taught a lesson
Napoleon sent an army through Spain to get to Portugal
The Spanish resented their “King” (Napoleon’s brother) and Napoleon’s domination
The Peninsular War The Spanish waged a guerrilla war
against French troops. All classes involved
The Brits sent the Duke of Wellington with troops to aid the Spanish
The Peninsular War was the first great revolt against Napoleon’s power
As the fighting in Spain continued
Napoleon turned against Russia
But first, married Marie Louise (18) She was the daughter of the
Austrian emperor and the niece of Marie Antionette
So, Napoleon was now nephew (by marriage) of Louis XVI and he began to show more consideration to the nobility of the Old Regime
The Russian Campaign 1812
Napoleon invaded Russia in June of 1812 with an army of 600,000.
Only 2/3 of his army was French
The Russians had withdrawn from the Continental System due to economic hardship
The Battle of Borodino 1812
Ended in a draw with the Russians retreating in good order
The Russians used a “scorched earth” tactic
As they retreated further into the Russian interior, they destroyed EVERYTHING so that the enemy army could not feed itself or even keep warm…they even burned Moscow down!
After 5 weeks Napoleon was forced to retreat from
Moscow Napoleon returned to France with
only 30,000!
400,000 had died in battle or starved or froze to death
100,000 had been taken prisoner
And then… Napoleon, in France, raised another
army: 600,000 strong
At the same time, Austria and Prussia deserted Napoleon and joined Russia and England in the Fourth Coalition
Also…remember the Treaty of Ghent?
The War of the Fourth Coalition
1813-1814 The Battle of Leipzig October 1813 AKA The Battle of Nations The largest battle in world history
until the 20th century Napoleon lost 500,000 but refused
to accept peace terms offered by Austrian minister, Metternich
The Frankfort Proposals The Peace offer was generous:
France to be reduced to its boundaries of 1792 and Napoleon could remain on the throne
Since Napoleon refused to give up, Britain, Russia, Prussia, Austria formed the Quadruple Alliance in March 1814
April 4, 1814 Allied armies entered Paris Napoleon abdicated
The Bourbons were restored to the French throne
Louis XVIII Brother of Louis XVI The new king issued a constitution
for the French Called the Charter of 1814 The first constitution in European
history issued by a monarch
Provided for a constitutional monarchy
The Charter of 1814 Maintained most of Napoleon’s
reforms:
The Code Napoleon The Concordat of 1801 (with the
Church) The abolition of feudalism
The First Treaty of Paris May 30, 1814 France surrendered all territory gained
since 1792 No indemnities or reparations were
imposed (they WERE proposed but Louis XVIII refused to pay so they let it go)
Napoleon was exiled to Elbe as a sovereign with an income from France
The Quadruple Alliance agreed to meet in Vienna to work out a general peace settlement
The Congress of Vienna Sept. 1814-June 1815 The Big Four: Austria, England,
Russia, Prussia
What did they want?
England Represented by Lord Castlereagh
Wanted to surround France with larger and stronger states in order to maintain the balance of power
Prussia Wanted to get back the land lost to
France in 1805 and wanted additional territory in northern Germany (Saxony)
Austria Klemens von Metternich: very
conservative Was opposed to liberal and reformed
ideas because the impact of such ideas on Austria would be devastating
NOTE: Austria would be particularly vulnerable to nationalistic movements because of the many different ethnicities in the Empire
Russia Czar Alexander I
Demanded a “free” and “independent” Poland…with himself as king!
A bit later France became involved in the
deliberations Was represented by minister
Tallyrand
(remember the XYZ Affair?)
The Dancing Congress Much pageantry, parties, balls,
banquets
First to keep the junior diplomats busy and out of the way
Also to win support for the peace settlement from the general population…they loved broohaha
The Principles of Settlement:
Legitimacy Compensation Balance of Power
Legitimacy Restore the deposed ruling families
to power:
Bourbons restored to France, Spain, Naples
Dynasties restored in Holland, Sardinia, Tuscany, Modena
Papal states were restored to the Pope
Compensation Rewards in the form of territory to
those states who sacrificed to defeat Napoleon
England got naval bases: Malta, Ceylon, Cape of Good Hope
Austria recovered Lombardy (in Italy) and got Venetia, Galicia (part of Poland), and Illyrian Provinces along the Adriatic
Compensation continued
Russia was given most of Poland (the Czar was King) and Finland and Bessarabia (Moldova) and western Ukraine
Prussia was given the Rhineland, 3/5 of Saxony and part of Poland
Sweden got Norway
Balance of Power The effort to arrange territory so
that never again would one power threaten the Balance of power
Encirclement of France: Gave the Austrian Netherlands to Holland to form the Kingdom of the United Netherlands to the north of France
The Balance of Power continued
Prussia received Rhenish lands bordering the eastern French frontier (the left bank of the Rhine)
Switzerland was guaranteed perpetual neutrality
The HRE was NOT restored BUT the German States were reorganized once again
The German Confederation
AKA the Bund…now to 39 states With Austria the President of the
Diet (assembly) of the Confederation
Maintained most of Napoleon’s reorganization
A loose confederation…the states were sovereign
Sardinia Had its former territory restored
with the addition of Genoa
Britain The only country to remain a
growing power
Began their century of world leadership here (1814) lasted to the end of WWI (1918)