NAPOLEON
Napoleon Bonaparte
From Corsica
Small Fry 5’2” – 5’6” Napoleon Complex
Military Genius Large Armies = superior cavalry and infantry Rapid Movement Lived off the land his armies invaded Diversified Battle Plan Great Motivator
Achievements in Egypt Rosetta Stone
Napoleon crowned emperor of France
Napoleon’s Empire
1 st Defeat Battle of Trafalgar (Lord Nelson)
Trafalgar Square - London
Continental System
2 nd Defeat: Russia Due to Russian winter & scorched-earth policy; Of 610,000 French troops only 100,000 survived
1 st Exile Elba
Replaced by Louis XVIII
Napoleon’s Return The Hundred Days - Returned and raised army of 340,000
Final Defeat Battle of Waterloo (Duke of Wellington)
Napoleon after his final defeat
The Duke of Wellington
Last Exile St. Helena
Napoleon’s Legacy Napoleonic Code –1 st successful civil law code –Equality, religious toleration, abolished feudalism –Copied by many countries including US (Which state uses it?) –Liberal allowances for divorce (Who was the first to get divorced?)
Napoleon’s Legacy Social changes: Public schooling Gave peasants land Jobs based on merit Welcomed émigrés back Women lost rights Religious changes: Tolerated Catholics, yet still state control
Which president is this? Notice anything familiar?
Congress of Vienna Meeting held to decide what to do about Europe now that France has been defeated –Britain (Castlereagh and Wellington) –Austria (Metternich) –Russia (Tsar Alexander I) –France (Talleyrand) get together Austrian prince Clemens von Metternich lead this group
The Dancing Congress
Congress of Vienna Goals: 1. To preserve peace by returning old kings of Europe to power (legitimacy) 2. To restore the balance of power in Europe by encircling France with huge buffer countries to stop them from attacking in the future (small countries are forced to join bigger ones – Austria and the Netherlands both grow in size)
What went right? No major conflicts for 99 years ( )
What went wrong? Napoleon’s conquests sparked nationalism (intense national pride) in the people of Europe. These people did not want to merge with other countries. This will result in many conflicts including the First World War.