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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. 1799-1815. Napoleon: The Man. Born in 1769 Attended French Military Schools Overthrew government in the coup d’etat At age 30, he became a consul. WHERE WAS NAPOLEON?. Napoleon: THE LEADER. 1802 ~ Consul for Life 1804 ~ Crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I

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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

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  1. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE 1799-1815

  2. Napoleon: The Man • Born in 1769 • Attended French Military Schools • Overthrew government in the coup d’etat • At age 30, he became a consul

  3. WHERE WAS NAPOLEON?

  4. Napoleon: THE LEADER • 1802 ~ Consul for Life • 1804 ~ Crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I • Established Peace with the Catholic Church

  5. THE NAPOLEONIC CODE • Religious tolerance • Abolition of serfdom & Feudalism • Property rights protected carefully • Interests of employers were safeguarded by outlawing trade unions & Strikes • Equality for all citizens under the law • Right of the individual to chose a profession

  6. RUSSIA: THE BIG DISASTER • June 1812 ~ Russia invaded by six hundred thousand men under Napoleon • Russia retreats for hundreds of miles ~ burning villages and ruining food supply • GREAT RETREAT from Moscow ~ Napoleon retreated to Poland in January 1813 with forty thousand

  7. Napoleon: EXILED • European States rose up against Napoleon • Paris was captured by the rebels in March 1814 • Napoleon was exiled to Elba

  8. HE’S BACK… • The new king, Louis XVIII comes to power • Weak monarchy • Napoleon sneaks back into France • Napoleon came to Paris in triumph on March 20, 1815

  9. The Battle of Waterloo • In Belgium on June 18, 1815 • Napoleon vs. a British & Prussian Army under the Duke of Wellington

  10. Napoleon: THE FALL • BLOODY DEFEAT!!! • The victorious allies exiled Napoleon for good to St. Helena • Napoleon’s tyrannical ways no longer were inflicted upon France; however, his memory haunts French Political Life

  11. Works Cited • Conquerors: Napoleon. Discovery Channel School. 1999.unitedstreaming. 28 March 2007<http://www.unitedstreaming.com/>

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