The RISE and FALL of …

 Born August 15, 1769 in Corsica  Sent to multiple military schools for training  Became an _______________________  Opportunities for Glory  1793 – forces British troops out of French harbor of Toulon.  1794 – defeats Austrian troops in Italy  1795 – fends off an angry mob of royalists ________________________  At 26 years of age, he is put in charge of defending the French interior  1796 – wins victories against Italians and Austrians  Defeat  Attempts to disrupt trade between Britain and India, but loses Battle of the Nile to Admiral Horatio Nelson of the British Navy  Napoleon _______________________________________

 Napoleon and his supporters take advantage of a weakened Directory (____________________)  Armed members of Napoleon’s supporters force a coup d’etat  This is a forced transfer of power  Government is turned over to Napoleon Nov  Consulate takes place of Directory  Napoleon is put in charge of 1 st Consul  The structure of the republic was still in place, but Napoleon _______________________________________  Napoleon becomes _______________  Submits a plebiscite (question put before all voters) asking if citizens of France wanted an empire; they say YES  _____ comes to crown Napoleon, but Napoleon _____________________________________________________

 Extension of wars fought between _______________________________ _______________________________  France becomes dominant European power  Great Britain is ______________  Napoleon loses at ___, wins on ______  Loses Battle of Trafalgar to Admiral Nelson and British navy  Defeats Russian and Austrian troops at Battle of Austerlitz near Vienna  Creates _____________________  A ___________________________

 ____________________  Portugal refuses to follow Continental System  Napoleon quickly conquers Spain; places brother Joseph on Spanish throne  Great Britain sends help to Spanish  Biggest threat comes from _________________  Bands of peasants use _________________ and ambush French troops  Now battling two military forces and the Spanish people, Napoleon is forced to ______________________  Napoleon dominates Europe through ____________________________ (page 612)

 Reform of Church-State Relations  ______________ (agreement with pope) recognizes influence of Roman Catholic Church in France  Economic reforms  ___________________________  Legal and Educational reforms  Creates ________________________  Makes laws _______________________  Reform of Church-State Relations  ______________ (agreement with pope) recognizes influence of Roman Catholic Church in France  Economic reforms  ___________________________  Legal and Educational reforms  Creates ________________________  Makes laws _______________________

CONS  Promotes order and authority over ________________  _________________ censored for political content  Denied rights for _______; husbands have total authority over wives CONS  Promotes order and authority over ________________  _________________ censored for political content  Denied rights for _______; husbands have total authority over wives PROS  Made laws uniform across the nation  _________________ _________________  Established a network of _________________ _________________ _________________ PROS  Made laws uniform across the nation  _________________ _________________  Established a network of _________________ _________________ _________________

 Russian Czar Alexander I mobilizes troops in response to the _____________________  Napoleon wants to teach czar a lesson and mobilizes troops east to move into Russia  June 1812 – Napoleon and 600,000 troops enter Russia  Soldiers were young recruits with little or no loyalty  _______________________________________  July heat causes _________________________  Peasant’s ___________________________________ for advancing French army

 In August 1812, French finally engage Russians  Both sides experience great casualties  French march on to Moscow, but find a deserted city in flames  No longer able to support his troops, Napoleon orders the march home  True horror sets in with the _________________  French return through the burned fields  ________________________________ kill thousands of troops  Russian peasants attack  Napoleon’s army is decimated; only 94,000 troops return

 Napoleon fights ___________________________upon return and loses  He is exiled to Elba, a small island of the coast off Italy, and is forced to give up his throne  He retains ________________and is given a small pension  __________________  Napoleon escapes after a year in exile and returns to France to great cheering and loyalty from thousands of citizens and great hatred from thousands more  The Hundred Days was a __________________________________________________

 Final Showdown between ___________________ by the Duke of Wellington  Prussian troops arrived to aid Britain  Napoleon was no match for their combined strength  Napoleon suffered a crushing defeat signaling ____________________ ____________________ CLICK BELOW FOR VIDEO!!

 Napoleon is captured and exiled to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic  He dies in exile six years later at the age of 51 Napoleon’s Legacy Made some basic ideas of the _____________ part of the French government __________________________ Fueled the spread of _________________ _______________________________________________ Feelings of ______________ spread not only through France, but also through peoples that Napoleon had conquered

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