1. Napoleon Rules France

2. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

3. Napoleon Comes to Power
● 1799 The Directory asks General Napoleon to help subdue uprisings
● Afterwards Napoleon decides to assume power over the government: declares himself the new ruler of France
(Had control of the army)

4. Napoleon Rules France
1800 French people voted for Napoleon to be the leader if France (after he was already in power!!!)
France achieved stability under Napoleon

5. Napoleon’s Achievements
Strong central government
Stabilizes the French economy
Eliminated government corruption
Relationship with the Church
Napoleonic Code

6. Napoleons Achievements
Appoints leaders for different departments of government.
Ensuring trial by a jury.
Opens schools and universities.

7. Lyces (Public Schools)

8. Napoleon’s Empire 1811

9. Napoleon’s Empire
December 2, 1804: Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of France

10. Napoleon: Emperor of France

11. Battle of Trafalgar

12. Napoleon’s Battles Map

14. Peninsular War

15. Peninsular War

16. Napoleon Invades Russia 1812

17. Napoleon’s Downfall
Napoleon’s enemies take advantage of his weaknesses
Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, and Austria join forces against him

18. Elba

19. Elba

20. News spread to Napoleon
Napoleon’s Comeback
King Louis XVIII (brother of King Louis XVI) becomes king of France
he quickly became unpopular amongst the peasants for trying to restore the old (pre-revolution) order to France
News spread to Napoleon
Napoleon escaped Elba

21. Battle of Waterloo June 15, 1815

22. Battle of Waterloo Napoleon attacked the British at Waterloo, Belgium
The Prussian army arrived later in the day to help the British

23. Napoleon’s 2nd Downfall
Napoleon was this time exiled to St. Helena (s remote island in the South Atlantic)
He lived there in lonely exile for 6 years
He died of stomach cancer in 1821

24. St. Helena

25. Napoleon’s Legacy
He was a military genius and brilliant administrator
Millions of lives were lost in his wars
His legal code and reforms in French government outlived him
Napoleon’s defeat allowed European countries to establish the new government in France:
They brought back King Louis XVIII to rule as a Constitutional Monarch