Good Morning!! 1.NVC 2.Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte – Document Analysis Essential Question: Was Napoleon’s rise inline with the values of the French Revolution? Homework: French Rev Storybook due FRIDAY

Napoleon!

Origins Born in Corsica (1769) – Italian family – 1 of 8 children – Short: only 5’3’’ Age 14 enrolls in prestigious Paris Military Academy – “This one is smart. He has always been distinguished for his application in mathematics, and he is fairly well acquainted with history and geography. This boy would make an excellent soldier."

Early Career Served as a soldier in French Army during the Revolution – Supported the Jacobins – close friend of Augustin Robespierre Siege of Toulon (1793) – Royalist French city supported by British – “I have no words to describe Bonaparte's merit: much technical skill, an equal amount of intelligence, and too much gallantry“—General Dugommier – Napoleon promoted to General

Rise to Fame Royalist Rebellion in Paris (October 1795) – Royalists see The Directory as weak and rebel against it 30,000 vs. 5,000 – Napoleon in command – Scatters the Royalists with a “whiff of grapeshot” – Napoleon a hero of the Republic

Commander of the Interior Italy (1796) Egypt (1798)

Napoleon takes power 1799 the Directory is struggling – Lose series of battles in Europe Napoleon asked to return to France to protect against possible invasion – Finds the Directory to be bankrupt and unpopular – Coup d’état – sudden seizure of power

Was the rise of Napoleon in line with the values of the French Revolution?

Public vs. Private Two Scenarios. How might you say different things? – A teacher walks up to you face to face and asks what you think of their class – A teacher gives you an anonymous survey at the end of the year that asks what you think of their class