What adjective(s) would
you use to describe this
person?
What about this man?
And him?
1795-1799
• Reign of terror over
• Constitution of 1795 called for a 5 man directory to lead France
• There was a bicameral legislature
• Corrupt leaders who lined their pockets were leaving the French poor
• By 1799, chaos threatened France and they were hungry for a hero…
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Born in 1769, Island of Corsica
By 1785 he was an officer in the French Army
He favored the Jacobins
By December 1793, drove the Brits out of France—had a dazzling victory
over Austria, forcing the Austrian Emperor to make peace
5. 1799– moved from General to politics—overthrew weak directory and set
up a 3-man gov’t—consulate
6. 1802 Made himself consul for life *1803 Louisiana Purchase with US put
$15million into France’s bank
7. 1804 Named Emperor of France—crowned himself
8. Instituted a new code of law– Napoleonic Code—based on ideas on
the Enlightenment• All men are = under law
• Religious Tolerance
• Advancement based on merit
• Instituted economic reforms
• $15 million for Louisiana Purchase
• Established a system of public education
9. 1804-1814 Built an empire and “re-drew” the map of Europe
• Added to France: Netherlands, Belgium, Parts of Italy, Germany and Prussia
• 1803 war sparked with an eternal enemy: the Brits
• Created Continental system—intended to cripple Britain economically
• Said that only goods manufactured on European continent could be sold
to European countries
10. Put friends and relatives on thrones of new territories
11. 1812- Anti-French movement throughout Europe
12. Russia refused to join the Continental System, so Napoleon felt he had
to invade
13. Napoleon assembles “Grand Army” of 600,000 troops—June 1812– he
sets out for Russia
14. Russians kept retreating –refusing to give battle—100’s of miles they
burned down their own villages leaving no supplies—they finally fought
at Boradino—battle was indecisive and costly
15. Napoleon got to Moscow only to find it ablaze
16. By Oct, no food, water, and winter approaching, disease settling in—
Napoleon began the long retreat home—less than 100,000 troops
survived
17. Military disaster made other countries want to invade France
18. Napoleon’s downfall began with his invasion of Russia
Create your two flap foldable so that your paper is
folded hamburger style and has 2 doors
Then, cut out your arrows
With the arrow pointing up, write RISE on one
arrow, with the arrow pointing down, write FALL
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RISE of Napoleon
• 1799 Takes part in coup détat (violent overthrow of existing gov’t)
• Established consulate—Napoleon held absolute power
• 1802 Named himself consul for life
• Established peace with Catholic Church
• Agreement w/ Pope: recognized Catholicism as majority religion in
France and Pope would not ask for land back
• Napoleonic Code