2. Monday ….. HOMEWORK:  Read “Napoleon’s Empire Collapses”  p. 234-237 (online book on Mrs. Riede’s webpage)or go to my.hrw.com to access your online book.  Take notes & be prepared for a quiz. Use the red and green headings to organize your notes!! Define bold and highlighted words. REMEMBER! – Homework notes = 5 pts each on daily open note quiz. NO homework notes = 10 pts each on daily quiz. YOUR choice!

3. Modern World History Chapter 7; Section 3 Napoleon Rises to Power

4. Why is it important to learn about “Napoleon Forges an Empire”? In times of political turmoil, military dictators often seize control of nations.

5. Napoleon Seizes Power -Napoleon was born in 1769 on Corsica -Sent to military school at age 9

6. -Finished school at the age of 16 and joined the military

7. Hero of the hour -In October 1795, the young Napoleon defended the delegates of the national convention from the royalists

8. -Then in 1796, now a general, he took the French Army into the Alps and won a series of stunning victories

9. -He then went to Egypt and lost 

10. Coup d’etat (a sudden attempt by a small group of people to take over the government usually through violence) -By 1799 the Directory had lost control, Napoleon’s friends told him to seize power

11. -A group of three consuls was established, and he was one of the three

12. The Consulate France accepted his dictatorship Wanted stability; others were afraid Respected the ideals of the Revolution Allowed freedom of opportunity

13. -Napoleon named himself the dictator

14. -France was still at war -Britain, Austria and Russia all joined forces…. To beat Napoleon

15. Napoleon Rules France -Napoleon at first pretended to be constitutionally in charge

16. -plebiscite (vote of the people) was held and he won

17. -Restoring order at home -In general, Napoleon supported the goals of the revolution -Napoleon set up an efficient tax collection system and national bank -dismissed corrupt officials

18. -set up Lycees or Gov’t Run public schools

19. -He also signed the concordat (an agreement or treaty, especially one between the Vatican and a secular government relating to matters of mutual interest.), an agreement between France and the Pope

20. -Also wrote a system of laws called the Napoleonic code order and authority over individual rights

21. -restored slavery, limited freedom of expression

22. -Napoleon Crowned as Emperor -In 1804 Napoleon decided he was ready to be an emperor

23. -The people even voted for it and the Pope crowned him

24. -He took the crown from the pope and put it on his own head

25. Napoleon Creates an Empire -Napoleon wanted to control all of Europe and the Americas

26. Loss of American Territories -In 1789, revolutionary ideas reached St. Domingue, they wanted rights too

27. -A civil war broke out and the French get destroyed by disease

28. -After that fight, Napoleon decided to cut France’s losses and sold the Louisiana territory to America for 15 million dollars

29. Conquering Europe -He had already taken Austrian Netherlands, parts of Italy and Switzerland

30. -The British freaked out and got Austria, Russia and Sweden to fight the French -Napoleon at first totally crushed the opposition

31. -France pretty much controlled Germany, Italy and a huge chunk of Poland

32. The battle of Trafalgar -This was the only major battle that Napoleon lost

33. The French Empire -Many of Napoleons own family were in control of puppet governments in Europe

34. Puppet Government a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed

35. SECTION 4 The Napoléonic Era Puppet Rulers Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte, King of Naples and Sicily, King of Spain Jérôme –Napoléon Bonaparte, King of Westphalia Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, King of Holland Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany

36. -Huge and unstable empire, it only lasts for 5 years -Falls apart because of Napoleon’s actions