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The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte
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Background
- Born in Corsica in 1769
- Won scholarship to French military school in 1779
- An excellent student
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A Hero of the Revolution
- 1795- Napoleon helped stop of mob of royalists
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Coup d etat
- A coup is a sudden overthrow of a government
- Usually done by a small group
- Napoleon seized power from the Directory on Nov.
9, 1799
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Napoleon becomes Emperor
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Napoleons Empire (1810)
- controlled much of Europe by 1810
- Also controlled Spain, Warsaw, and German
kingdoms indirectly - Russia and Prussia were controlled via alliances
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Napoleons Three Mistakes
- 1 The Continental System
- Economic war against Britain
- Goal- make mainland Europe self sufficient
- Blockade ineffective
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- Britain responds w/ a blockade of neutral ships
- End result- France became weaker
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