1. Napoleon Bonaparte

2. Rise to Power 1799 1800 1804 Appointed general of French army
Coup d'état
Military seizure of governmental power
1800
People gave all real power to Napoleon in a vote
Napoleonic Codes
Limited liberties, authority over individual rights, but promoted order and eliminated many injustices
1804
Napoleon crowned himself emperor of France

3. Napoleon as Emperor Focused on Europe Battle of Trafalgar 1812
Wanted to conquer all of Europe
Russia, Prussia, and Austria signed peace treaties
Battle of Trafalgar
British naval victory
Destroyed French fleet, ensured France would never invade Britain
1812
Only countries not under French control were Portugal, Sweden, and Ottoman Empire

4. French Empire

5. Napoleon’s Mistakes Continental System Peninsula War
Blockade of Britain
Britain then blockaded France, weakened French economy
Peninsula War
France sent troops into Spain to conquer Portugal
Spain outraged - Guerilla Warfare
Invasion of Russia
Alexander I - Czar of Russia
Russia sold grain to Britain - angered Napoleon
Russian army retreated to Moscow - scorched earth policy
Entered with over 400,000 troops, left with around 10,000

6. Downfall Russia, Britain, Prussia, and Austria 1814
Joined forces to defeat Napoleon
1814
Coalition army pushed in Paris
Exiled to the island of Elba, off Italy

7. End of Life Comeback to France
Battle of Waterloo - Defeated by British and Prussian troops
Exiled to St Helena - South Atlantic