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Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte. Rise to Power. 1799 Appointed general of French army Coup d'état Military seizure of governmental power 1800 People gave all real power to Napoleon in a vote Napoleonic Codes

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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  1. Napoleon Bonaparte

  2. Rise to Power • 1799 • Appointed general of French army • Coup d'état • Military seizure of governmental power • 1800 • People gave all real power to Napoleon in a vote • Napoleonic Codes • Limited liberties, authority over individual rights, but promoted order and eliminated many injustices • 1804 • Napoleon crowned himself emperor of France

  3. Napoleon as Emperor • Focused on Europe • Wanted to conquer all of Europe • Russia, Prussia, and Austria signed peace treaties • Battle of Trafalgar • British naval victory • Destroyed French fleet, ensured France would never invade Britain • 1812 • Only countries not under French control were Portugal, Sweden, and Ottoman Empire

  4. French Empire

  5. Napoleon’s Mistakes • Continental System • Blockade of Britain • Britain then blockaded France, weakened French economy • Peninsula War • France sent troops into Spain to conquer Portugal • Spain outraged - Guerilla Warfare • Invasion of Russia • Alexander I - Czar of Russia • Russia sold grain to Britain - angered Napoleon • Russian army retreated to Moscow - scorched earth policy • Entered with over 400,000 troops, left with around 10,000

  6. Downfall • Russia, Britain, Prussia, and Austria • Joined forces to defeat Napoleon • 1814 • Coalition army pushed in Paris • Exiled to the island of Elba, off Italy

  7. End of Life • Comeback to France • Battle of Waterloo - Defeated by British and Prussian troops • Exiled to St Helena - South Atlantic

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