Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte

• Ms. Glenn
• 9th Grade World History

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Napoleon

• This is NOT the Napoleon we will be studying in
  this unit.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

• This is Napoleon Bonaparte, Born August 15,
  1769-Died May 5, 1821. He was born in Italy, on
  the Island of Corsica. He was Not French by
  birth. He couldnt even SPEAK French well.

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Little General

• At his death, Napoleon was measured to be 5 feet,
  2 inches tall.He was incredibly smart, studying
  math and philosophy while his friends were out
  partying.

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A Family Man

• Married twice, having only one son, Napoleon II.

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Military Ambitions at a Young Age

• Napoleon decided from a young age that he wanted
  to be in the military. He went to the Paris
  Military School and graduated a 3 year degree in
  1 year.

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Beginning His Military Career

• 1st Military Opportunity was as an Artillery Man,
  where he seized forts and led advances against
  the British Navy, forcing them to retreat.
• He almost sailed to Australia or Turkey, but he
  stayed to help a Royalist (king supporter) mob in
  France which proved his loyalty to France in
  1795.

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The Julius Caeser of France

• He became leader of the French forces in Italy.
• He was not liked by Generals who were older than
  him, but he was loved by younger soldiers that he
  promised great things.
• He was not afraid to fight with his men, which
  gained him respect.

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Further Advances

• In 1798 Napoleon sailed to Egypt to threaten the
  British trade routes. During this year he found
  the Rosetta Stone on a road side in Egypt.
• After realizing his campaign could fail, he
  returned to Paris, which the ruling Directory of
  France did not like.

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Becoming Consul

• Napoleon entered Paris and quickly took over with
  2 other men. They were named Consuls, just like
  in Rome.
• In a few months, Napoleon made himself FIRST
  CONSUL and had politely forced his partners
  into retiring.
• This overthrow of the French Directory by
  Napoleon was known as the Coup dEtat or
  Overthrow of the State.

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Forging France Forward

• 1st-Napoleon leads France across the Alps into
  Austrian occupied Italy and wins.
• 2nd-Napoleon made nice with the Pope and lowered
  restrictions on non-Catholics. Yay.
• He became extremely popular and in 1804 he
  declared himself Emperor (sounds like Caeser and
  Octavian of Rome). He even crowned himself!

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The Napoleonic Wars

• Napoleons power began to make other monarchies
  turn against him.
• The Third Coalition Forces were created to bring
  down the power of Napoleon by his enemies.
• Napoleon first prepared to invade Britain, but
  then aimed a 200,000 man army in the direction of
  Russia.

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Attacking Austria

• At Austerlitz Napoleon defeated the Austrians,
  forcing Austria to give up parts of Germany and
  Italy.
• He sent an attack on Portugal through Spain (his
  ally) to stop their trade with Britain, but while
  in Spain he forced the Spanish king to hand over
  the throne to Joseph Bonaparte.The Spanish fought
  this for many years, costing Bonaparte 200,000
  troops. He called it his Spanish Ulcer

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Stupid Mistakes

• The Spanish and Portuguese pushed Napoleon back,
  showing that the French could be defeated.
• Napoleon tried to fix the fight with Austria who
  had formed a 5th Coalition with Britain against
  Napoleon, by divorcing his first wife and
  marrying a girl from Austria.

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Remember Russia

• Tsar Alexander the Great of Russia was a problem
  for Napoleon, and between 1810 and 1812 Napoleon
  aimed his troops at the 600,000 Russian soldiers
  at his border.
• Not using any common sense, Napoleon decides to
  try to invade Russia despite the fact that it was
  so far away.

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History will repeat itself

• Knowing that the French were marching into
  Russia, the Russian army retreated into the
  middle of the country, after Tsar Alexander
  ordered all of the Russian Resources to be
  destroyed.
• As the French advanced, they ended up in the
  middle of Russia when the coldest winter in the
  world hit, leaving Napoleons men freezing and
  starving to death, the dead buried by the snow.

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Learn from the Past

• This defeat of the French in Russia was followed
  by Hitler making the exact same mistake during
  World War II. Both Napoleon and Hitlers armies
  were heavily damaged by their attempts to invade
  Russia, resulting in their later loss.

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Exiled on Elba

• After returning for a final battle for France,
  Napoleon was defeated and forced into exile on
  the island of Elba with 600 of his men.
• After a few years, he plotted his escape and
  escaped off the island to challenge Louis XVIII
  who was hated. The people welcomed him back.

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1 Last Try

• After returning to France, Napoleon led an attack
  through Belgium to attack the British, but the
  forces united against him and Napoleon was
  finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.
• He was exiled again to Elba and after 6 years on
  the island, died in 1821.

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Final Resting Place

• Napoleons body was not allowed to return to
  France until 1840 even though he died in 1821.

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Pictures of Napoleons Resting Place

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Quotes to Consider

• Directions For the following quotes, determine
  what event in his life inspired the famous
  sayings of Napoleon Bonaparte, or what Napoleon
  meant by the quote. This will be collected for a
  grade, so make sure you think!Write your answers
  on a separate piece of paper to turn in at the
  end of class.

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Quotes for Consideration

• 1. From the heights of these pyramids, forty
  centuries look down on us.
• 2. Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to
  find this flag of England
• 3. A man like me troubles himself little about
  the lives of a million men.
• 4. What is a throne? a bit of wood gilded and
  covered in velvet. I am the state

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More Quotes

• 5. If you start to take Vienna - take Vienna.
• 6. It is the cause, and not the death, that
  makes the martyr
• 7. Such work as mine is not done twice in a
  century. I saved the Revolution as it lay dying,
  I have cleansed it of its crimes and have held it
  up to the people shining with fame. I inspired
  France and Europe with new ideas which will never
  be forgotten.

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3 More Quotes

• 8. The allies we gain by victory, will turn
  against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.
• 9. The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the
  present, and fools of the future.
• 10. There are only two forces in the world, the
  sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword
  will always be conquered by the spirit.