Napoleon: Hero or Villain? Topic: Positive and Negative Impacts of Napoleon Bonaparte Essential Question: Did Napoleon mark a success or failure of the French Revolution? Explain!

Bridging the Gap French Revolution officially ended in 1798 Still a lot of disagreement over how the country should be run In 1799, a genius military leader named Napoleon takes advantage of the disagreement, and becomes the leader of France

Emperor Napoleon I Napoleon was an absolute ruler…. What is ironic about this? In 1802 he declared himself Consul (Ruler) for LIFE He made all decisions on his own: Military, economy, foreign relations, laws. No one could tell him what to do or how to do it

What did he do? Made peace with the Catholic Church, and supported religious tolerance Created a set of laws, the Napoleonic Code that made all French Male Citizens Equal, ended serfdom Further reduced the status of women, not allowing them to be a part of politics/government, and making it harder for women to win in a legal dispute in the court of law Encouraged new industry, built roads and canals Built a system of public schools People in the government were hired based on merit/skill, not title or status. This was a large idea carried over from the revolution Restored order and security by strengthening the army and laws

What ELSE did he do?!!!? Shut down almost all newspapers, and screened anything that was still allowed to be written Government police violated privacies, including going through the mail of French Citizens Limited Freedom of speech/expression

Napoleon the Awesome Military Leader Through amazing military strategy and nationalism, Napoleon created the largest empire in Europe since the Roman Empire. Nationalism – a sense of unity that occurs as a result of sharing common culture, language, and religion Nationalism made France loved by the French – But it made people conquered by France HATE them. Invaded Spain, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, FORCING equality and religious tolerance on the new lands And then…. Napoleon turned towards Russia

Russia Fail 600,000 troops into Russia to conquer the capital, Moscow. Russia is cold. Russians kept retreating, burning everything as they go leaving no food for the French Once they arrived to Moscow…

The End of a Short (Person and Career) This made France weak, and lose all territory gained under Napoleon Napoleon was exiled to Elba, but it was not far enough. Came back and crowned himself Emperor. Eventually exiled again to the true middle of nowhere, St. Helena, where he died. Huge impact on history, and was only in charge from 1799 – 1813.