1. Global effects of Napoleon

3. France  Although Napoleon felt he was a manifestation of the revolution he later realizes that men are not meant to be free  Civil Code – officially ends feudal system and serfdom… not just in France but also in conquered areas  Napoleonic wars serve to isolate France for a century

4. Europe  Alters the balance of power in Europe  Congress of Vienna  Post War Europe  Isolated France  Created a new balance of power and relative peace for a century  Emboldened nationalistic ideas

6. British  Empowers the British because the French could not get to the Island  British engulf Portuguese and Dutch holdings  South Africa  India  South Asia

7. South AfricaSouth Africa  Congress of Vienna, which, followed the Napoleonic wars, gave Cape Colony (South Africa) to the British  This will lead to resentment by the Boers (Dutch word for farmer)  Boer Wars

8. South AmericaSouth America  Portuguese leaders run away to Brazil to escape Napoleon  With the fall of Spain to Napoleon, the South American and Central American Spanish colonies did not have a “mother country.”  Leads to revolution  Napoleon will become an example for the revolutionary leaders

9. North AmericaNorth America  When Spain loses to France, Louisiana is gained by the French and sold to the US  Westward expansion