The Emperor builds an Empire

 Took possession of Austrian Netherlands and parts of Italy  Set up a puppet government in Switzerland  Britain persuaded Russia, Austria, and Sweden to team up against France  Napoleon made his own French army  He then crushed his enemies in battles

 They all signed peace treaties with France  Built largest European Empire since the Romans  Only major enemy left was Britain’s navy

 Strong- only lost one major battle  Battle of Trafalgar- more important than all his victories on land  Took place in 1805 off the southern coast of spain  Horatio Nelson- commander  Admiral that defeated Napoleon defeated the larger French-Spanish fleet, showing brilliance in warfare  During the battle Nelson was wounded

 Two major results from the French fleet  Assumed the supremacy of the British navy for the next three hundred years  Forced Napoleon to give up his plans of invading Britain  Eventually, Napoleons efforts to crush Britain and lead to his own undoing

 In National Assembly wanted the same privileges as the people in France  Civil War:  Toussaint L’Ouverture- Under his control the productive colony was taken over  23,000 soldiers to accomplish the task

 US government showed interest in buying the port of New Orleans  Napoleon saw an opportunity to make $$  He was the one who offered to sell  1803 President bought Louisiana for 15 million  This was Napoleons way of getting back at the English

 By 1812, only European countries not under his control were Britain, the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, and Sweden  Also controlled so-called “independent nations” such as Spain, and the Grand Duchy of Warsaw  Rulers of some of these countries were his brothers and in-laws  Russia, Prussia, and Austria were loosely attached to Napoleon through alliances  Empire was huge but unstable