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Good Afternoon !!!!. NVC Rise and Fall of Napoleon’s Empire Essential Question : What happened to cause the rise and fall of Napoleon’s Empire?. Assessment: Napoleon Rules France.
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Good Afternoon!!!! • NVC • Rise and Fall of Napoleon’s Empire Essential Question: What happened to cause the rise and fall of Napoleon’s Empire?
Assessment: Napoleon Rules France • Please discuss the definition of each of the terms. Also explain if it is inline with the values of the French Revolution • Plebiscite • Lycees • Concordat • Napoleonic Code
Emperor Napoleon • Napoleon crowned Emperor in 1804 • Conquered every European nation around him • Austria • Prussia • Spain • Italy • Russia*
Battle of Trafalgar • 1805 Napoleon seeks to conquer Great Britain • Island with strongest navyin the world • Battle of Trafalgar (1805) • British fleet led by Horatio Nelson • Nelson destroys massive French Fleet • Napoleon never tries to invade Britain again
Napoleon’s Empire Declines • Napoleon makes costly mistakes • Continental System • Blockades to stop rest of Europe from trading with Great Britain • Isolates CONTINENT of Europe • Angers European countries that trade with Britain
Napoleon’s Empire Declines • Peninsular War (1808) • People of Spain protesting against Continental System • Napoleon removes the Spanish King from power • Angers Spanish people • Unending guerilla warwith Spanish peasants
Napoleon’s Empire Collapses • Russian Emperor abandons Continental System • Resumes trade with Britain • 1812 Napoleon invades Russia • Scorched-earth policy: Russians burn their own crops and cities to the ground to prevent them from falling to Napoleon • Napoleon’s grand army destroyed by the Russian winter
Napoleon’s Empire Collapses • Napoleon lost 410,000 soldiers in Russia • No army left! • March 1814 allied European army conquers Paris • King Louis XVIII put on the throne • Napoleon exiled to Elba
The Empire Strikes Back • King Louis XVIII extremely unpopular • March 1815 Napoleon escapes from Elba • The Hundred Days • Napoleon gathers his army • Emperor of France again within days • Battle of Waterloo (1815): Napoleon defeated by THREE armies • Napoleon exiled once more
Napoleon vs. George Washington • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn-7UtKNuwE