Napoleon

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Napoleons Empire

• Bell Work Vocabulary
• coup d'état
• military dictator

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Napoleons Empire

• Vocabulary
• lycee
• concordat

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Napoleons Empire

• Vocabulary
• guerrilla
• scorched-earth policy

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Napoleons Empire

• Vocabulary
• Congress of Vienna
• von Metternich

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Napoleon

• Hero of the Hour October 1795
• defended the National Convention
• savior of republic
• made general of army
• 1796 led army
• against Austria Sardinia
• many victories
• attacked Mamluk-held Egypt
• to promote trade

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Napoleon

• Staged coup d'état ? November 1799
• blow to the state
• Napoleon (w/army)
• seized power declared himself dictator
• Still fighting Austria!
• And Prussia
• And Great Britain

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Napoleons Empire

• Meanwhile, in France, Bony restored order.
• constitution
• strong central govt
• national banking system
• lycées
• concordat with church
• Napoleonic Code
• stopped injustices
• limited liberty (?)
• restored slavery in Caribbean (huh??!!)

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Napoleons Empire

• Invaded Egypt, 1798
• conquered Mamluks in 3 months
• pursued by British navy
• under Admiral Horatio Nelson
• British burned French navy Napoleon stranded
• slipped back to France pretended to be hero
• (1805, scene 8 and scene 11)

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From Master Commander
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Napoleons Empire

• Developed plan to conquer the world
• tried to re-conquer Haiti, 1801
• 20,000 troops died of yellow fever
• abandoned New World
• sold Louisiana Territory to USA, 1803
• made money for European conquests
• angered Britain

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Napoleons Empire

• Crowned (himself!) Emperor
• December 2, 1804
• scandalous event!!

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Napoleons Greatest Battles

• Battle of Austerlitz Austria Dec. 2, 1805
• ingenious plans unpredictable
• invited attack
• split opposition
• (WH PPT, Battle of Austerlitz)

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Napoleons Greatest Battles

• Battle of Trafalgar Oct. 21, 1805
• on sea near Gibraltar
• his only defeat as Emperor
• vs. Lord Nelson
• superior British navy
• (old Bony couldnt compete!)
• (1805, scene 21)

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Napoleons Greatest Battles

• Conquest of Spain, 1808
• made his emperor
• troops were ruthless
• devastated Spain (see Goyas paintings)
• attacked Portugal failed to conquer

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Josef de Goya early work
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Goya early work
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GoyaDuring After Napoleonic Wars
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GoyaDuring After Napoleonic Wars
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Napoleons Empire

• Attacked Portugal but failed to conquer
• Portuguese family fled
• Settled in Brazil
• Returned after
• Congress of Vienna
• Dom Pedro remained
• and the story continues

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Empire Collapsed

• Mistakes (overconfident? cocky?)
• Russia
• Duped by Czar
• Overcome by weather
• Lost 97.5 of troops (412,000!)
• Waterloo, 1815
• Final battle
• Tactical errors

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Empire Collapsed

• Exiled twice
• Elba March 1815
• escaped reorganized
• St. Helena Oct. 1815
• died in exile 1821
• arsenic in blood system (?)
• why not executed?