Napoleon

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Napoleons 3 Costly Mistakes
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1) The Continental System

• ordered a blockade (forced all ports to close) to
  stop trade between Britain and Europe
• goal to isolate Britain
• weakened trade, but didnt destroy it (smuggling)
• Britain blockaded all neutral ships
• hurt Napoleons empire more than his enemies

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1) The Continental System
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2) The Peninsular War

• Went through Spain to invade Portugal
• Spanish rioted, so he deposed (kicked out) the
  Spanish king and replaced him with his brother,
  Joseph
• Guerillas (Spanish peasant fighters) ambushed
  Napoleons troops, which weakened France
• Spanish proved importance of nationalism

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2) The Peninsular War
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3) Invasion of Russia

• French ally, Russia, sold grain to Britain
  (French enemy), so Napoleon invaded
• most French troops were drafted, and felt little
  loyalty
• Russians used a scorched-earth policy (burned
  fields and slaughtered livestock to starve
  soldiers into surrendering)
• Attacks and cold weather nearly wiped out the
  French army

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3) Invasion of Russia
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NAPOLEONS FINAL DEFEAT

• After attempting to make a comeback (Hundred
  Days) and re-conquer France, Napoleons army was
  defeated by the British and Prussians at Waterloo
  (in Belgium, 1815)