1. Napoleon Forges an Empire
Classwork:
Napoleonic Code Reading and Questions
Homework:
Chapter 23 HW Packet
Quiz Thurs. [Fr. Rev.]

3. NAPOLEON COMES TO POWER
Hero of the Hour
military school at age 9  lieutenant during revolution at 16
defeated royalists attacking National Convention  hero
appointed to lead army against Austria
- won battles  crushed threat

4. Coup d’Etat
Napoleon tried to peacefully to be granted power by The Directory  didn’t get it
used army to drive directory out of chamber
- Coup d’etat: sudden change of power
took troops to fight Britain, Russia, Austria
- treaty signed making peace
- been 10 years since Fr was not fighting
plebiscite [vote of the people] set up new constitution
- granted ALL power to Napoleon

5. II. NAPOLEON RULES FRANCE
Order at Home
kept many changes from the revolution  order and stability
set up good economy  new tax policy
created lycees—gov’t run public schools for all children
concordant signed with Pope
- Roman Catholicism could be freely practiced
- Napoleon political power of Church
Napoleonic Code  uniform set of laws
- property rights
- religious liberty
- equal treatment under the law to all classes of men

6. III. NAPOLEON CREATES AN EMPIRE
Crowned Emperor
Dec 1804, pope handed him crown
- placed on his own head  symbolic of greater power than the church