1. Napoleon

2. “The General”

3. Napoleon Grasps Power
1796 the Directory appoints him to lead the army against Austria and was able to defeat them in Italy
Napoleon loses in Egypt but keeps reports out of the press
1799 Napoleon put in charge of military
1799 Napoleon stages a coup d’etat and takes power from the Directory
1802 Europe at peace
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor

4. Napoleon Restores Order
stable economy- more equal taxation
national bank
reduced government corruption
Concordant (agreement) with Pope Pius XVI new relationship between church and state
Napoleonic Code- comprehensive and uniform legal system (although it gave France uniform laws it was actually a step backwards)

5. Napoleon Creates an Empire 1807-1812
New World territories
Uprising in Haiti
Sold Louisiana to President Jefferson
Napoleon wanted to expand in Europe after getting Austrian Netherlands and parts of Italy
Battle of Trafalgar- naval defeat in 1805 off the shore of the Spanish coast assured supremacy of the British navy and forced Napoleon to give up plans to invade Britain
By 1812 the only countries not under Napoleon’s rule were Britain, Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Sweden

6. Napoleon’s Mistakes
French Empire large but unstable because conquered people not loyal to France       
Continental System- effort to destroy Britain’s commercial and industrial economy. Shut off ports between Britain and other European states
- Weakened trade but didn’t destroy it
Britain launched counter attack that was more damaging
War of Britain vs. U.S. (ends in a draw)
Peninsular War Portugal was ignoring the blockade so Napoleon sent army through Spain.

7. Invasion of Russia
Breakdown in Alliance between Russia and France (partly due to Russia’s trade with Britain)
Scorched-earth policy- Alexander burned down earth to starve the French troops and then burns Moscow
Napoleon goes into Russia with 422,000 troops and leaves with only 28,000

8. Napoleon’s Downfall
4th coalition- Britain, Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Austria
Oct Battle of Leipzig defeated
April 1814 defeated empire and exiled to Elba off the Italian coast

9. Failed comeback
Louis XVIII came to rule France but unpopular, so Napoleon came back and was crowned emperor again in March 1815
Waterloo in Belgium- 6/15/ loses against the British and Prussians, so British shipped him to an island in the South Atlantic where he lived for 6 years and died of a stomach ailment

10. Free Response
Napoleon’s rise to power signaled the end of the French Revolution. In your opinion, were the goals of the Revolution accomplished with Napoleon? Why or why not?
Also, remark on the statement that Napoleon is a villain and not a hero. Agree or disagree. Why or why not?