1. Napoleon!!

2. Early Years B. 1769 on Corsica
Son of a ‘noble’ dad – gains entrance to French military school in 1779
1792 gets a name for himself fighting for Corsican independence.
1793 returns to France – gets an artillery job defending the port of Toulon – defeats the British navy here = huge career move.

3. Young Napoleon

4. Between Toulon & Egypt
1795 – The Directory calls him to Paris to put down rebellion. He does so with cannon loaded with grapeshot. Ucky.
Gains more cred as a leader who is not only really smart and effective BUT will do what it takes to get the job done.
1796 Takes command of the Italian campaign and wins Italy for France.
1798 – takes Egypt – only lasts a few months until the British use their navy to cut him off. He abandons his 30,000 troops and heads home.

5. Political Power 1799 returns to Paris and overthrows the Directory.
Napoleon is named First Consul (gov’t leader)
Creates a temp peace w/GB – rekindles RCC relationship, est. national bank, education system, and legal system: Code of Napoleon.
1804 = Emperor. Pope comes to Paris for this while Napoleon crowns himself.

6. Solidifying the Continent
1805 Loses Trafalgar; forces him to play his strength
Defeats Austria, Prussia, Russia. Gains peace with Russia – 1807 – half way point.
1808 creates the Continental System – total economic control of trade, denies GB the ability to trade with Europe.
1808 puts his brother in charge of Spain.

7. Nelson

8. How did he LOSE it ALL? Josephine? RCC? Russia?
Centralization of French Power;losing colonies, loss of any real navy?

9. Josephine

10. Josephine B. 1763 Married widower husband of her sister.
Husband is guillotined during Rein of T.
Meets Nap. In 1795 – HE immediately falls in love
Jan married – leaves on Italian campaign two days later. Writes her constantly. She rarely replies but has time for the company of others.
Divorced – The beginning of the end?

11. RCC? - regain property & money = return of power and security?
Support from outside nations e.g. Austria and Spain to subvert Napoleon?
Insult of coronation?
Divorce from Josephine?

12. Invasion of Russia Spring 1812 – to ‘liberate’ Poland
Approx. 800,000 troops
Scorched Earth by Russians
Dug in around Moscow in Sept.
380,000 men dead and 100,000 captured by Dec. 1812
Starvation, desertion, typhus and suicide would cost the French Army more men than all the battles of the Russian invasion combined.

13. Louisiana Purchase?

14. The End April 1814 – Napoleon calls it. Prussia & Russia get to Paris.
1st exile to Elba – a small island between Corsica and Italy.
Nap escapes to Fr and begins the infamous 100 Days
Waterloo
2nd exile to St. Helena
Dead 1821

15. The Exiled Places

16. A Mr. Connole MUST