1. Napoleon Forges an Empire

2. Section 3 Napoleon Forges an Empire
Main Idea: Napoleon Bonaparte, a military genius, seized power in France and made himself emperor. Why it matters now: In times of political turmoil, military dictators often seize control of nations

3. Napoleon Bonaparte Early Life Hero of the Hour
5’ 3” man rose from obscurity to become leader of France
Early Life
Born in Corsica
Attended Military School
Joins the army
Hero of the Hour
Napoleon defeats royalist rebels in 1795
Protected National Convention
The Directory appoints Napoleon Bonaparte commander of armies
Wins victories in Italy and gains popularity
Suppresses news of loses in Egypt

4. Coup d’Etat Napoleon rules France
By 1799 the Directory had lost control
No confidence of French people
Political chaos
Need for a strong leader
Napoleon uses army to surround legislature
A Coup D’etat or “Blow to the State”
Established a group of three Consuls
Napoleon used power to become dictator
Defeats British, Russians, and Austrians
Napoleon rules France
A Plebiscite (vote of the people) establishes a new constitution
Made Napoleon First Consul

5. Napoleon and Reform Kept many changes of the Revolution
Support laws that strengthened the central government
Worked to stabilize the economy
Sets up banking system
Efficient tax collection
Created government run schools
Called Lycees
Mended relations with Catholic Church
Signed Concordat (or agreement) with Church
Recognized influence of church
Rejected church control in national affairs
Gained popular support with majority of people
Napoleonic Code
Uniform set of laws

6. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor
The Pope presented Napoleon with the crown
Crowned himself to show superiority
Napoleon creates an empire
Originally wanted an empire in America as well
Losses in Saint Domingue force him to rethink
Decides to sell the Louisiana Territory for $15 Million
Needed money to finance operations in Europe
Annoy British by assuring “the power of the United States”
War in Europe
Britain, Russia, Austria and Sweden join forces
Napoleon crushed them and forced peace treaty

7. Napoleon Creates an Empire
The Battle of Trafalgar
British win naval battle
Napoleon gives up ideas of British Invasion
Assures the supremacy of British Navy for 100 years
Tried to find other ways to control Britain
Eventually led to downfall
The French Empire
Napoleon controls most of Europe
Except Britain, Portugal, Sweden, and the Ottoman Empire
Uses alliances and puppet rulers to control
At its largest

9. The End

10. Quiz A

11. 1 - By 1799, the Directory had lost control of the political situation and confidence of the French people and this general political chaos created a need for a strong leader, which led to Napoleon’s what, which is a sudden seizure of dictatorial power?

12. 2 - Napoleon kept many of the changes that had come with the Revolution like stabilizing the economy, making taxation more equitable and creating government-run schools called what?

13. 3 - Which comprehensive system of laws gave France a uniform set of laws and eliminated many injustices, but also limited some freedoms and promoted order and authority over individual rights?

14. 4 - To show that he was not under the control of anyone, especially the Catholic Church, Napoleon arrogantly took the crown from the Pope and placed it on his own head in the 1804 crowing ceremony that officially made him what?

15. 5 - In July of 1794, the members of the National Convention were tired of The Terror and knew they were not safe from Robespierre, so they ordered him to be arrested and sent to the guillotine; the following year, a new moderate government comprised of 5 non-revolutionaries known as what was created?

16. 6 - What document stated that men, not women, are “born and remain free and equal in rights” and that “the aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural…rights of man; these rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression”?

17. 7 - After Louis XVI’s failed escape from France, what body created a limited Constitutional Monarchy that Louis XVI reluctantly approved which left him with only executive powers?