Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon’s Affect On
Latin American
Revolutions
Lizett Delgado, Figgy Burger,
Alfredo Sevilla, Melissa Castaneda
Napoleon’s Background
● Napoleon was born on August 15,
1969
● Napoleon was a French military
leader and political leader
● Napoleon was emperor of France
from 1804 to 1814 and again in
1815
● Died May 5, 1821
Napoleon Invades
Spain
●
Charles IV was the King
before Napoleon invaded
●
Napoleon invades and conquers
Spain and Portugal in 1808
●
Spain ruled by France was an
outrage to everyone
●
This caused them to rebel as
they were loyal to Spain and
not Napoleon
●
The Revolutions were called
the Napoleonic Wars
Independence from
Spain
●
Napoleon put his older brother
Joseph on the Spanish throne
●
This caused for secession and
Spain got rid of Joseph
●
By then most of Spain's
colonies declared themselves
independent
Reference Information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Napoleon
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