Napoleon Bonaparte
Europe Under French Rule
•Across the empire, Napoleon -Introduced religious tolerance -Abolished serfdom -Reduced power of Catholic Church -Made Napoleonic Code basis of law
Battle of Nations
•Napoleon loses this battle •1814-Napoleon battles: -Britain -Austria -Russia -Prussia •Forced him to abdicate and sent him to exile in Elba
Napoleon Increases His Own Power
-1799 First Consul -1802 Consul For Life -1804 Emperor -He brings back hereditary title
Russian Invasion
-Begins the fall of Napoleon -Invasion in 1812 -They were stuck in the Russian winter
Napoleon-First Consul
-He names himself First Consul (he is now a dictator) -The revolution has come a full circle -Napoleon centralizes power
Who is Napoleon?
-Military general -Nickname was "Little Corsica" -Married to Josephine -Whiff of a Grapeshot: Napoleon broke up a mob outside Paris Directory by firing into the crowd
The Continental System
-Napoleon could not defeat the British on the seas -He turned to economic warfare -He ordered s blockade called the Continental System: All nations under his control stop trading with Britain -It failed in the end
Confederation of the Rhine
-Napoleon dissolved the Holy Roman Empire and reorganized the German states into the Confederation of the Rhine -This is the beginning of German unification and German Nationalism
Nationalist Responses To Napoleon
-Revolts were fiercest in Spain -Spain used guerilla warfare to get Napoleon's brother off their throne -Napoleon lost control of Spain in 1812
Napoleon's Coup D'État
-Sieyes and Ducos (members of Paris Directory) wanted to seize control of France -They planned to use Napoleon as their "sword" -1799 Napoleon overthrew the Paris Directory in a coup d'état
Napoleon's Last 100 Days
-Spends his last days as emperor -Final battle is Waterloo -He is exiled to St.Helena in the Atlantic Ocean where he died in 1821
Napoleon's Six Domestic Policies
1. Legal Reform-Napoleonic Code 2.Education Reform-Lycées 3.Religious Reform-Concordat 4.Economic Reforms- Bank of France, One currency, All pay taxes
Napoleon's Foreign Policies
Wars of Conquest: 1799-1815 Napoleon's Grand Armée fights wars of conquest
Napoleon's Empire
•Napoleon's height of power came from 1807-1812 -France -Confederation of the Rhine -Switzerland -Austrian Empire -Prussia -Kingdom of Italy -Grand Duchy of Warsaw -Spain
