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Napoleon Bonaparte
• Napoleon’s Childhood
• Military School
• Studied Alexander the Great, Charlemagne, Caesar.
• October 1795 – Saving the National Convention– Becomes a hero of the government and the people.
• 1796 – Defeats Austria– Becomes most famous general in all of France.
• November 9, 1799 – Seizes control of France.– First Consul– Coup d’etat
Napoleon’s Rise to Power
• 1800 – New constitution is approved by the people, making Napoleon an elected leader.
• By 1802 – Napoleon was in control of France and signed peace agreements with the British, Austrians, and Russians.
December 2nd, 1804
• An “enlightened dictator”– Kept many of the ideas of the Revolution
• National Bank and Tax Collections• Government Leaders
– Dismissed corrupt leaders– Opened schools to train male for leadership.
• Religious Freedom• Napoleonic Code
– Uniform set of laws for the country.– Order and Authority over Liberty.
Emperor Napoleon I
Napoleon’s Conquests
• The Louisiana Purchase - $$$$$
• Annexed the Netherlands, parts of northern Italy, and Switzerland
• British, Russians, Austrians, and Sweden join forces to stop his advances.
Building an Empire
• Battle of Austerlitz – Dec. 2, 1805– He defeats the Russian troops– This forces Austria, Prussia and Russia into
signing peace treaties.
• Battle of Trafalgar – Oct. 21, 1805– Napoleon loses to Admiral Nelson and the
British
• 1. The Continental System– Blockade against Britain backfires.
• 2. Attacking Spain (Peninsular War)– Guerilla warfare in Spain causes the loss of
many of Napoleon’s best troops.• 3. Attacking Russia
– His most famous “blunder”– “Scorched-Earth policy”
Napoleon’s Three Mistakes
• The Grand Alliance– April 1814 – Napoleon forced into terms of surrender.
• Exile on Elba– And the escape – March 1st, 1815
• Fighting King Louis XVIII• Battle of Waterloo – June 18,1815• Exile and Death on St. Helena
• After Napoleon, King Louis XVIII and Limited Monarchy.
• Lessons of the French Revolution & Napoleon
Napoleon’s Defeat