Napoleon Bonaparte

1769-1785

• 1769 he was born on the Mediterranean island of Corsica
• At the age of 9 he was sent to military school.
• At the age of 16 in 1785 he became a lieutenant in the army.

October 1795

• Napoleon defended the delegates from the rebels.
• Became a hero in Paris and honored as the savior of the French republic

1796

• He was appointed to lead the French army against the Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia Kingdom
• As genral he went down into Italy and won a series of victories
• He then took his troops down into Egypt to disrupt Britain's trade with India.
• In Egypt he was pinned down by the British.
• Despite this lose he still was the hero in France

1799

• In November of 1799 he took action to seize political power.
• He quickly assumed the powers of a dictator
• At the time of his rise to power France was at War.
• in 1799 Austria, Britain, and Russia joined forces to drive out Napoleon from power.
• Finallly in 1802 they signed a peace treaty and he coul dfocuse on restoring France.

1800-1803

• In 1800 the people voted on a new constitution
• This gave all the power to Napoleon as first consul
• His first task was to straighten out the economy
• He did this by setting up a method of tax collection and greating a national banking system
• He also set up government run public schools

1800-1803

• In 1801 Napolean signed a concordat with Pope Pius VII
• This created a better relationship with the church and state
• In 1803 Napolean sells the Louisiana Territory to the united States

1804

• In 1804 Napoleon creates a set of laws known as the Napoleonic Code
• This gave the whole country as set of laws
• Napoleon becomes an emperor
• Already having much of Europe Napoleon looked to expand
• The British, Russia, and Austrai and Sweden joined againest France because of their great power

1805

• The Battle of Austerlitz took place
• Eventually the rulers of Russia, Austria, and Prussia signed a peace treaty with France
• The Battle of Trafalgar was Napoleons only major loss
• It took place off the southwest coast of Spain
• Napolean was forced to give up his plans for invading Britain because of this

The Continetal System

• Napoleon made three costly mistakes while trying to expand the French Empire
• In 1806 Napoleon set up a blockade in Britain to prevent trade and communication between Great Britian and
• This was suppose to target Great Britain's commercial and industrial economy
• This blockade however did not suceed and the plan back fired with Britain creating a blockade of there own
• With the Britain's blockade which was much stronger created tension with the U.S and the war started between Great Britain and the U.S

The Peninsular War

• In 1808 when Napoleon sent an invasion force to accept the Continental System in Spain
• The Spaniards ended up protesting and this lead to the Peninsular War
• During this war Napoleonnnnnn lost a total of about 300,000 men.
• This had a major impact on the weakening of the French Empire

Napoleon invades Russia

• In 1812 he attempted to invade Russia with more than 420,000 soldiers
• On September 7, 1812 the two forces fought at the Battle of Borodino.
• Russia retreated and Napoleon moved into Moscow
• In November the Russians attacked the worn out French army
• In the middle of December Napoleon retreated from Moscow and only 10,000 soldiers were left.

1813-1814

• Napoleon raised another amry and fought in the German city of Leipzig
• In 1814 with his army tired and hurting he agreed to surrender and give up his throne.
• They gave Napoleon a small pension and exiled him to a tiny island off the Italian coast.

THE HUNDRED DAYS

• Louis XVIII struggled as king and Nepoleon saw this as a opportunity to take power
• March 1, 1815 Napoleon escaped from Ebla and went to France
• Once he landed in France he regained his power as emperor
• On June 18, 1815 the British army and Napoleons forces fought at the village of Waterloo
• Napoleons army gave in and they were chased from the field

The Hundred Days

• The defeat a Waterloo ended Napoleons power for good.
• This time they shipped him to St. Helena a island in the South Atlantic
• He died in 1821 from stomach ailment.