Napoleon Bonaparte

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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


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