Napoleon
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
BIRTH- AUGUST 15, 1769
- Napoleon was born on the Mediterranean Island of Corsica.
- When he was nine, his parents sent him to military school in northern France.
- In 1785 he finished school and became a lieutenant in the artillery.
- When the revolution started, he joined the army of the new government.
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Hero of the Hour- October 1795
- When royalist rebels marched on the National Convention,
- Napoleon and his gunners greeted them with a cannonade.
- Within minutes, the attackers fled in panic and confusion.
- Napoleon became hero of the hour.
- He was hailed throughout Paris as the savior of the French Republic.
COUP D'ETAT- NOVEMBER 9, 1799
- Napoleon was put in charge of the military.
- The next day, his troops drove out the members
- of one chamber of the national legislature.
- Napoleon quickly assumed dictatorial powers
- as the first consul of the French Republic.
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PLEBISCITE- 1800
- The people held a vote to approve the new constitution.
- They wanted a strong leadership.
- This gave all power to Napoleon.
- Napoleon gave France stability and order.
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CONCORDAT- 1801
- An agreement between Napoleon and pope Pius VII.
- The gov't started to recognize influence of the church.
- The church had no control over national affairs.
- The gov't would appoint bishops.
- Developed a new relationship between state and church.
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NAPOLEONIC CODE- 1804
- Comprehensive system of laws.
- Eliminated many injustices.
- Limited liberty and promoted order and authority over individual rights.
- Took away some women's rights.
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CROWNED EMPEROR- DECEMBER 2, 1804
- He walked down the aisle of Notre Dame Cathedral,
- Wearing a purple velvet robe, in Paris.
- Napoleon took the crown out of the Popes hands,
- and he placed it upon his own head.
- This shows that Napoleon had power over everyone.
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BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR- 1805
- This was one major battle Napoleon lost.
- Naval battle that took place of the southern coast of Spain.
- Forced Napoleon to give up his plans for attacking Britain.
- Assured the British navy would have supremacy for 200 years.
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CONTINENTAL SYSTEM- NOVEMBER 1806
- Was a forced closing of ports to prevent trade
- And communication between Great Britain and more Europeans.
- Supposed to make continental Europe more self-sufficient.
- Blockade was not tight enough.
- Smugglers managed to get past the blockade and bring cargo to Europe.
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Peninsular War- 1808
- Spanish peasant fighters struck at French Armies in Spain.
- The British added to the troubles by sending in troops to aid the rebels.
- Napoleon lost about 300,000 men during this war.
- These losses weakened the French Empire.
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INVASION OF RUSSIA- 1812
- Started when Alexander 1 refused to stop selling grain
- to Britain and France, and Britain's alliance broke down.
- Napoleon decided to invade Russia.
- Russians burned grain fields and slaughtered livestock.
- The two armies finally clashed, and Napoleon won.
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BATTLE OF WATERLOO- JUNE 18, 1815
- Napoleon attacked the town of Waterloo in Belgium.
- The British army defended its ground all day.
- Later in the day, the Prussia army arrived.
- Together, the British and Prussian armies attacked the French.
- Two days later, Napoleons troops gave way, and were chased from the field.
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THE HUNDRED DAYS-1815
- The powers at the Congress of Vienna declared Napoleon an outlaw.
- This set the stage for the last conflict in the Napoleonic Wars;
- the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo,
- the restoration of the French monarchy for the second time, and
- Permanent exile of Napoleon to the distant island of Saint Helena.
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CONGRESS OF VIENNA- 1814-1815
- Europeans wanted security and stability for all of Europe.
- The Congress of Vienna was a series of meetings to set up policies.
- Most of the decisions were made by the five "great powers."
- By the end of the Congress of Vienna,
- the principle of legitimacy was confirmed.
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HOLY ALLIANCE- 1815
- The rulers of Europe were very jittery about the legacy of the French Revolution;
- especially the revolutionary ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity.
- Francis 1 of Austria, King Fredrick William 3 of Prussia,
- and Czar Alexander entered a league called the Holy Alliance.
- This agreement loosely held them together.
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CONCERT OF EUROPE-
- This was a series of alliances developed by Metternich.
- These alliances assured that that nations
- would support each other if any revolutions broke out.
- This help unite nations whether they wanted to or not.
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