1. Graphic Organizer: "Napoleon"
(Graphic organizer version)

2. Background 1.) Born on Corsica; went to military college
2.)  Out of the country during much of the revolution
3.)  Famous general
a.  had saved the Directory from a mob
b.  was a war hero

3. Rise to power
Keyword = Coup
Coup d' etat - an overthrow of the government

4. 1.) Told legislature of a Jacobin plot to overthrow the gov.
2.) He asked to be “temporarily” put in power
3.) He is shouted down

5. 4.) Napoleon’s troops chase the legislature out of the building
5.) Napoleon’s “Consulate” replaces the Directory

7. Napoleon’s Government

8. Domestic Achievements
a.  Restored order in government
b.  Improved the economy
c.   Built roads, canals, & bridges
d.   pardoned emigrant nobles (émigré) who had fled France;
e.   set-up a public education system
f.   promoted the idea of achievement based on talent not birth

9. Concordat of 1801: Agreement between the Pope and Napoleon
Made Catholicism the official religion
Popular with the peasants & royalists
Solidified his power

10. a. all men equal in law & all have the right to own property
3. Napoleonic Law Code
a.  all men equal in law & all have the right to own property
b. removed feudal privilege

11. 4. Liberty and freedom
a.  Spoke highly of it but kept firm control over people’s lives (censorship, spies, etc…)
b.  Order before all else

12. 5. Proclaimed himself emperor in 1804
a. Crowned himself (to show that he had more power than the Church)
b. Paintings & newspapers used to glorify his image

13. Ceremony held at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
NAPOLEON
JOSEPHINE
THE POPE

14. Foreign Affairs

15. Building An Empire (War)
1. He was a brilliant military tactician
2. Conquered most of the European continent
3. Placed friends & relatives on thrones throughout Europe

16. Europe 1810

17. Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France)
Order built by Napoleon in 1806 (finished in 1836) to glorify French victories. It was modeled after the Romans.

19. The not-so-glorious side of war.
(Musee de’ L’ Armee, Paris, France)

20. War with Britain
1.) Planned to invade but naval fleet was destroyed at Trafalgar
2.) The Continental System
a. Plan to ruin British trade
b. forbid trade w/ Britain

21. War with Russia

23. 1.) Invaded of Russia (1812) a.) Russians burned as they retreated
b.) French ran out of supplies during the harsh winter
c.) Only 40,000 of 600,000 French survived

24. Side note: Have you heard this before?
“1812 Overture” – Peter Tchaikowsky
Composed in 1880 to celebrate the Russian victory in 1812

30. NAPOLEON DEFEATED IN RUSSIA

31. HIS DOWNFALL

32. The Fall of Napoleon
1.) Nationalism in conquered lands meant strong resistance to French rule
2.) Alliance of Prussia, Russia, Austria, & Britain defeats Napoleon at Leipzig, Germany (1813)

33. 3.) Napoleon forced to abdicate
4.) Exiled to the island of Elba

34. The Hundred Days 1.) Napoleon escapes from Elba & returns to power
a.) Troops sent to capture him joined him instead

35. 2.) Waterloo (June 1815) a.) European alliance defeats Napoleon
b.) his final defeat
c.) Napoleon made a prisoner on the island of St. Helena until he dies in 1821

37. Napoleon’s Tomb at the
Hôtel des Invalides
in Paris

38. THE
END
HERE’S A REVIEW 
La Marseillaise (French National Anthem)

39. Napoleon Bonaparte

40. Important Points: Came to power in a Coup d’ etat
Brought reforms & stability after the revolution
Conquered much of Europe
Invaded Russia (disaster)

41. Defeated & exiled to Elba
Escaped & returned to power (“The Hundred Days”)
Final defeat: Waterloo
(1821) Died a prisoner on the island of St. Helena

42. Test on Wednesday!