1. The Age of Napoleon

3. So what about “fraternity”?
(nationalism)- A strong feeling of pride and devotion to one’s culture, race, country.

4. The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
Corsican
Military genius
Savior
Hero

6. Dissolution of Directory First Consul Plebiscite vote of the people
Napoleon takes control of
France -1799
Josephine
Dissolution of Directory
First Consul
Plebiscite vote of the people

9. Napoleon Brings Order
Centralized government
Efficient tax system
Education-lyceums
Concordat with Vatican
The Napoleonic Code-Order at the expense of individual freedom

11. 1804 Emperor of the French
Failures in the New World/Egypt
Revolution in Haiti-1804
1803- Louisiana Purchase
Humiliation in love

13. Napoleon Conquers Central
Europe
Confederation of the Rhine
Duchy of Warsaw(Poland)
Alliances with Prussia, Austria, and Russia
( Did Napoleon create the idea of a united Germany?)

15. British Opposition
Naval Superiority
1805-Battle of Trafalgar
Admiral Horatio Nelson
Destruction of French fleet
British supremacy lasts 100 years
Britain free from invasion

17. The French Empire-1812
Largest since Rome
Destruction of nobility
Extension of Napoleonic Code/values of French Revolution
Nationalism

19. The British Blockade
The Continental System
Defiance of allies
British advantages
War of 1812
Weakened French economy

22. 1808 Invasion of Spain
Joseph Bonaparte
Catholic rebels
Guerilla warfare
Peninsular War
Drain on French manpower and resources

25. Invasion of Russia
“Mother Russia”
1812 winter
Battle of Borodino
Russian scorched earth policy
Ignoble retreat
Grand Army of half a million reduced to 10,000

28. Napoleon’s Downfall
The Fourth Coalition
A new marriage
An inexperienced army
1813 Defeat at Leipzig
1814 Conquest of France
Exile on Elba

30. The Return of Napoleon
Louis XVIII
The Hundred Days
An Emperor restored
Waterloo
Duke of Wellington
St. Helena

33. Napoleon’s Legacy Changed the face of Europe Legal Codes
Destruction of aristocratic power
Dual nature of Nationalism