Napoleon Forges an Empire Classwork: Napoleonic Code Reading and Questions Homework: Chapter 23 HW Packet Quiz Thurs. [Fr. Rev.]

NAPOLEON COMES TO POWER Hero of the Hour military school at age 9  lieutenant during revolution at 16 defeated royalists attacking National Convention  hero appointed to lead army against Austria - won battles  crushed threat

Coup d’Etat Napoleon tried to peacefully to be granted power by The Directory  didn’t get it used army to drive directory out of chamber - Coup d’etat: sudden change of power took troops to fight Britain, Russia, Austria - treaty signed making peace - been 10 years since Fr was not fighting plebiscite [vote of the people] set up new constitution - granted ALL power to Napoleon

II. NAPOLEON RULES FRANCE Order at Home kept many changes from the revolution  order and stability set up good economy  new tax policy created lycees—gov’t run public schools for all children concordant signed with Pope - Roman Catholicism could be freely practiced - Napoleon political power of Church Napoleonic Code  uniform set of laws - property rights - religious liberty - equal treatment under the law to all classes of men

III. NAPOLEON CREATES AN EMPIRE Crowned Emperor Dec 1804, pope handed him crown - placed on his own head  symbolic of greater power than the church