State Standard 10.2.4 Explain how the ideology of the

French Revolution led France to develop from constitutional monarchy to democratic despotism to the Napoleonic empire.

Discuss haow nationalism spread across Europe with Napoleon

The British Blockade•The Continental System•Defiance of allies•British advantages•War of 1812•Weakened French economy

1808 Invasion of Spain•Joseph Bonaparte•Catholic rebels•Guerilla warfare•Peninsular War 1807-1813•Drain on French manpower and resources

Invasion of Russia•“Mother Russia”•1812 winter•Battle of Borodino•Russian scorched earth policy•Ignoble retreat•Grand Army of half a million reduced to 10,000

Napoleon’s Downfall•The Fourth Coalition•A new marriage•An inexperienced army•1813 Defeat at Leipzig•1814 Conquest of France•Exile on Elba

The Return of Napoleon•Louis XVIII•The Hundred Days•An Emperor restored•Waterloo•Duke of Wellington•St. Helena

Napoleon’s Legacy•Changed the face of Europe•Legal Codes•Destruction of aristocratic power •Dual nature of Nationalism

1815 Congress of Vienna •Meeting to restore aristocratic power•End the French Revolution•Balance of Power

Klemens Von Metternich Austrian Prime Minister•Three major goals•Containment of France•Balance of power•Return legitimacy

Results of Congress of Europe . •Aristocrats back in power•Democracy curbed•A century of rebellion•The Concert of Europe

Western Europe-Working class and middle-class would fight conservatives for democratic freedoms

Eastern Europe-The struggle for freedom would take the form of nationalist uprisings against foreign control