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Napoleon

Napoleon. Setting the Stage. “Reign of Terror” allows Napoleon to come to power 20,000-40,000 executed. Napoleon’s Rise. Napoleon was a Jacobin Said it was better to eat than be eaten Napoleon overthrew Directory in 1799 saying “I am no ordinary man” Became 1 st Consul for life 1802

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Napoleon

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  1. Napoleon

  2. Setting the Stage • “Reign of Terror” allows Napoleon to come to power • 20,000-40,000 executed

  3. Napoleon’s Rise • Napoleon was a Jacobin • Said it was better to eat than be eaten • Napoleon overthrew Directory in 1799 saying “I am no ordinary man” • Became 1st Consul for life 1802 • Emperor in 1804 • How does this betray Revolution and Enlightenment?

  4. Napoleon’s Lust for Power • Strategy was to keep the people happy while taking from them all that he could • Order, security, and efficiency replaced liberty, equality, and fraternity as slogans during the Napoleonic era

  5. Contradictions to Napoleonic Code • Napoleon spread liberty and equality across Europe BUT . . . • Reinstituted slavery in 1801 after it had been abolished in 1795 • Sent Rebel leader of Haiti to Prison

  6. “I Grieved for Buonaparte” • “Thoughts motherly . . ./ Wisdom doth live with children round her knees . . . This is the stalk/ True power doth grow on” • Napoleon lacked compassion • Should’ve focused on taking care of France’s economy and people.

  7. Napoleon vs. Frankenstein’s Monster • Napoleon is “The Monster” created by the French Revolution • Rousseau?

  8. Napoleon – In Review • Betrayed the Revolution • Centralized the government • Megalomaniac • 3,500,000 deaths attributed to Napoleonic wars • Romanticism • Terror caused by Napoleon caused doubt as to the ability of reason and tolerance to end humanity’s ills • Napoleon’s actions needed to have been tempered with compassion in order to succeed

  9. Quiz Questions • How did Napoleon’s actions help to usher in the Romantic era due to the doubt that he helped cause in the Enlightenment’s ability to end humanity’s ills? • How is Napoleon like Victor Frankenstein?

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