AP Euro Today 11/19 1. Outcome: What leadership qualities did Napoleon exhibit—or lack? 2. Film Excerpt: “Napoleon’s Lost Army” 3. HW: 714-20 (skip 719) on Napoleon’s wars and international policy Your first task today Using your homework notes from last night—712-14— fill out Napoleon’s “report card.” What grades would you give him and provide CD’s that would justify your grade if Napoleon’s Mommy demanded a teacher conference! Review: Napoleon, the leader of France Why would the Concordat of 1801 have won the peasantry over to Napoleon? How was the Civil Code an example of “equality,” one of the goals of the Revolution? How was it NOT (McKay used the term what is a “family monarchy”) Who were the emigres? What was Napoleon’s policy toward them? Why was Napoleon’s establishing the Bank of France a smart decision? What was Fouche’s job? Why might it have been true that he made even Napoleon nervous? The Reign of Terror wounded France. Napoleon healed the wound. Explain. Napoleon the General: The victories included… • Toulon (France) 1793 • Rivoli (Italy) 1797 • The Pyramids (Egypt) 1798 • Marengo (Italy) 1800 • Austerlitz (Austria) 1805 • Jena (Austria) 1806 • Friedland (Russia) 1807 • Borodino (Russia (1812) Napoleon’s Greatest Battle… • May have been Austerlitz (1805), when, outnumbered, he defeated not one, but TWO enemy armies— Russia’s and Austria’s. • It is said the one of Robert E. Lee’s greatest victories, Chancellorsville, is an incredible parallel to this battle. One of his greatest defeats came at sea. • When my hero, British Admiral Horatio Nelson, defeated a French/Spanish fleet at Trafalgar, off the coast of Spain. • This ruined Napoleon’s plans to invade England. • So it should remind you of…? How much do I think of Admiral Nelson? • This is my dog, Nelson, my best buddy before Wilson, my Basset Hound (he’s a Westie.) He lived to be 17, so he was a tough little dude, just like the tiny (5 feet even) Nelson himself. Ironically, one of Napoleon’s victories.. • …Doomed his army. • He defeated the Russians at Borodino in 1812. • The Russians retreated. • Napoleon’s army followed. • That’s exactly what the Russians wanted. This was the result… • In 2002, a ghastly discovery was made in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Russia’s border. They were the skeletons of thousands of men from Napoleon’s army. • Film/notes: “Napoleon’s Lost Army.” Take a moment to read the short introduction. Napoleon’s Lost Army And in 2002, they were finally found. 2,000 skeletons in all. Four years ago, a road crew found eighteen more. The Lithuanian Army gave these soldiers an honorable burial. One must wonder if Napoleon ever fully understood the word “honorable.” This, in a Russian museum, is said to be the sleigh the Emperor used to abandon his army. Napoleon’s Lost Army https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Mvi3RfULXmI#t =1572