Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Honors World History Mr. Green
Objective: The students will analyze Napoleon’s collapse by creating a a diagram identifying the rise and fall of Napoleon Hand-In: Homework question Drill: 1. Who was Napoleon? Why is he significant?
Signed a peace treaty in 1802-did not last long war with Britain in 1803 Britain received help from Austria, Russia, Sweden, and Prussia Napoleon defeated the Austrian, Prussian and Russian armies from Master of Europe from French state, dependent states, and allied states Relatives of Napoleon ruled dependant states allied states were countries defeated by Napoleon
Napoleon spread the principles of the French Revolution-legal equality, religious toleration, economic freedom destroy the old order Napoleon never able to conquer Britain due to its supreme naval advantage Tried to stop British commerce Nationalism stopped Napoleon Fall of Napoleon June 1812 entered Russian with 600,000 troops Russians burned their own cities as they retreated 40,000 returned in January 1813 Napoleon exiled at Elba and Louis XVI’s brother took over Napoleon returned and was soundly beaten at Waterloo, Belgium on June 18, 1815 and exiled to St. Helena
Recognized Catholicism as the dominant religion in France Pope did not ask for land back that was seized during the revolution Laws in France were codified for more organization and efficiency Civil Code-Identify the principles of the Civil Code -Identify the impact of the Civil Code on women and children
Based on merit Demand of the middle class during the revolution Created a new aristocracy based on merit and loyalty 60% military officers/40% civil service/state/local officials 22% of the new aristocracy were nobles from the old regime 60% were middle class in origin
All citizens were equal before the law Opened government careers to more people Developed a centralized system of secondary schools and universities Shut down newspapers-60 of the 73 Banned certain books All manuscripts be subjected to government scrutiny Mail opened by government police
Did Napoleon preserve the ideals of the French Revolution when he took power or did he destroy the republican form of government? Explain. Be sure to cite examples from the text or notes.
Read and review all of chapter 11 Prepare for chapter 6 test on Monday.