1. Describe how the turmoil in France could lead to a dictatorship.
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Describe how the turmoil in France could lead to a dictatorship.

2. Napoleon forges an empire
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3. Napoleon Bonaparte Defended Natl Convention and became a hero (1795)
Appointed to lead army
Coup d’État (1799)
Took power from Directory
Named First Consul
1802 – brought temporary end to war

4. Restoring order
Plebiscite: Approved new constitution and Napoleon as leader
Tax collection and national banking system
Set up lycées (schools) to train govt officials
Signed concordat (agreement) w/ Pope to bring back Church
Wrote Napoleonic Code – gave France a set of laws
1804: Crowned himself Emperor

5. Napoleonic code

6. Crowning himself emperor

7. Creating an empire Saint Domingue (Haiti) Turned to Europe (again)
Previously taken over by colonists/enslaved Africans
Wanted to restore sugar industry (1801)
Losing and decided to cut losses in U.S.
Sold LA Territory to Pres. Jefferson for $15 million (1803)
Gain money for military operations
Punish the British
Turned to Europe (again)
War against Britain, Russia, Austria, and Sweden

9. Battle of Trafalgar Only major battle lost (1805)
Brit commander Horatio Nelson defeated Napoleon
Two results:
Ensured supremacy of Brit navy
Napoleon gave up plans of invading Brit

10. French Empire