The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte HST 112 Lecture 3 Professor Ethan Pollock

Napoleon’s Rise Why did Beethoven want to dedicate his symphony NO. 3 “Eroica” to Napoleon? Why did he revoke the dedication? How did a general come to rule revolutionary France?

French Revolution: From Monarchy to Republic Timeline 1789 Start of the Fr. Rev Reduce Royal Power Foreign War, Republic and Regicide Terror Thermidorian Reaction, Directory I.Social Divisions of France -- King Louis XVI -- Nobles and Clergy -- 3 rd Estate (the rest) middle class urban laborers peasantry II. Financial Crisis

French Revolution: From Monarchy to Republic Timeline 1789 Start of the Fr. Rev Reduce Royal Power Foreign War, Republic and Regicide Terror Thermidorian Reaction, Directory III. Changing Political Structures A. Estates General B. Constitutional Monarchy C. War and Radicalization D. National Convention

From Terror to Thermidor; From Thermidor to Napoleon Timeline 1789 Start of the Fr. Rev Reduce Royal Power Foreign War, Republic and Regicide Terror Thermidorian Reaction, Directory I.Why Terror? II. Jacobins and Sans culottes -- Robespierre -- Committee of Public Safety -- The fight against the right and left

From Terror to Thermidor; From Thermidor to Napoleon Timeline 1789 Start of the Fr. Rev Reduce Royal Power Foreign War, Republic and Regicide Terror Thermidor and Directory III.Thermidor – a precarious balance between Reaction and Revolution IV. The Revolutionary Army V.Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon in Power, Timeline 1799 Napoleon becomes First Consul 1802 Napoleon becomes Consul for Life 1804 Napoleon Declares Himself Emperor I.Napoleon as Reformer -- Commercial reforms -- Administrative Reforms -- Religious Accommodation -- Law Reform

Napoleon in Power, Timeline 1799 Napoleon becomes First Consul 1802 Napoleon becomes Consul for Life 1804 Napoleon Declares Himself Emperor I.Napoleon as Liberator -- “free republics” and the appeal of the Revolution -- exportation of reforms his coronation as Emperor

Napoleon at War, Timeline 1799 Defeats allied army in Switzerland 1805 Battle of Trafalgar Defeats Austria, Prussia, and Russia 1807 Treaty of Tilsit I.Dominance on Land II.Defeat at Sea III.Continental System IV.Treaty of Tilsit

Europe in Early 1812

Napoleon at War, Timeline Defeats Austria, Prussia, and Russia 1807 Treaty of Tilsit 1812 Invasion of Russia 1815 Waterloo 1815 Congress of Vienna I.The Invasion of Russia II.Winter and the Russian Front III.Battle of Nations IV.The Hundred Days

Europe in the Middle of 1812

Napoleon at War, Timeline Defeats Austria, Prussia, and Russia 1807 Treaty of Tilsit 1812 Invasion of Russia 1815 Waterloo 1815 Congress of Vienna I.The Invasion of Russia II.Winter and the Russian Front III.Battle of Nations IV.The Hundred Days

Reconstruction or Restoration? Timeline Defeats Austria, Prussia, and Russia 1807 Treaty of Tilsit 1812 Invasion of Russia 1815 Waterloo 1815 Congress of Vienna The Congress of Vienna -- Realpolitik -- The Holly Alliance -- The concert of Europe

The Political Geography of Europe ; Study the reshaping of Europe during the Napoleonic Wars