Bell Ringer
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 On a separate sheet of paper:
 Write what you know about Napoleon.
 Then write what you want to know about Napoleon.
 *** Keep this sheet you will turn it in for a grade.
Agenda/Objectives
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 All about napoleon
 Guilty or innocent?
“I am at the top of my game and you are not
even top 20 in your field!..... I am better at life
than you”
Napoleon Bonaparte
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 Born in 1769 on the Mediterranean Island of Corsica.
 At age 9 his parents sent him to military school.
 1785 – finished school and was a lieutenant in the
Artillery.
Hero of the Hour
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 1795 – Royalist marched on the Convention and
Napoleon held them off.
 - considered the savior of the French Republic.
 Directory appointed him as a leader of one of the
French Armies.
 Successfully fought off the Austrian army in Italy.
Josephine de Beauharnais
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 Napoleon’s first wife, Josephine de Beauharnais,
aided her husband’s career through her
interpersonal skills and political connections.
Conquest to Egypt
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 Napoleon was defeated by British Horatio Nelson in
1799.
 - successful in keeping his defeat out of the media.
Horatio Nelson
Success while in Egypt
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 Napoleon brought scientist with him.
 Studied the pyramids, etc.
 Discovered the Rosetta stone
 British took control of Egypt and all discoveries
following the defeat of the French forces in Egypt
Napoleon in Egypt
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Coup d'état
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 1799 – Directory lost control of the political situation
in France.
 Napoleon and his wife Josephine devised a plan to
gain power.
 Napoleon: met with influential people to discuss his
role in the Directory.
 Josephine: Used her connections with the wealthy
directors to influence their decisions.
Coup d'état
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 November 9, 1799: Napoleon given charge of the
military.
 Next day, drove out the members of one chamber of
the national legislature.
 Legislature voted to dissolve the Directory.
 In its place – 3 consuls, one was Napoleon.
 Napoleon quickly assumed dictatorial powers.
 Coup d'état – blow of state
France still at war
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 1799 – Second Coalition (Great Britain, Austria, and
Russia) goal was to drive Napoleon from power.
 Napoleon took his troops and through fighting and
diplomacy forced a peace agreement.
 1802- Europe was at peace for the first time in 10
years.
Rise to Power
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 1802
- Consul for life
 1804
- Crowned himself emperor
 Plebiscite
- Popular vote done by ballot
- Napoleon always held plebiscites
- Everyone always voted for his policies
 Democratic despotism
- He had absolute power regardless of the fact that he held
plebiscites
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British Opposition
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1805:
 France tried to invade Great Britain
 Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated him at the Battle of Trafalgar
 Nelson was killed in this naval battle
Napoleon struck back with the Continental System
 No trade between the European continent and Great Britain
Great Britain responded with blockades
 British attacks on American ships still trading with France
helped spark the War of 1812 in the U.S.
Continental system failed because European countries wanted and
needed trade.
Battle of Trafalgar:
October 21, 1805
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Review Questions
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 What were the results of France’s Egyptian
Campaign?
 How did Napoleon come to power in France?
 Describe Napoleon’s reforms.
 Why did nationalism spread throughout Europe
during the Napoleonic era?
 Who was Nelson and what role did he play in the
eventual defeat of Napoleon?
Defeated
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 While Napoleon was “down,” the other countries
ganged up to defeat him at the Battle of Leipzig
(Battle of Nations) - 1813
Exiled
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 Napoleon gives up the throne and was exiled to
Elba.
100 Days – Napoleons
return to power
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 People didn’t like Louis XVIII (brother of the
guillotined king)
 Napoleon escaped Elba (Louis fled)
 Napoleon regained full power
 Napoleon: best defense is a good offense. He
attacked the British General Wellington at Waterloo
(Belgium)
 Napoleon was defeated
for the final time
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Death
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 This time he’s sent to St. Helena, between Africa and
South America
 He died in 1821 of
a stomach ailment.
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Legacy
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 Rise of Nationalism
 Division of people by country not social class
 People willing to go to war based on love of country
 Wars to combine city-states, divide empires
Legacy
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 Need for Coalitions and alliances
 Diplomacy as an option to war
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Questions to answer
from video
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 How did Napoleon restore order back to France?
 What were the Napoleonic Codes?
 When was Napoleon crowned as emperor?
 What occurred at the battle of Trafalgar?
 What were the mistakes Napoleon made to lead to a
decline of power?
 What was the 100 day campaign and Waterloo?
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 In 1800, Napoleon held a plebiscite, what does this
term mean?
 How did Napoleon restore order back to France?
 7th
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ScnZd_tqUo
 8th
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XugfTQ4bRpo