1. Napoleon Bonaparte
Rise, Fall & Legacy

2. Analyze the visual below:
Why this pose?
What message is being conveyed?

3. Revolutionary Cycle: How Does it Apply to the French Revolution?
Existing
Order
Crisis
Quest for Change
Chaos
Restructure

4. What accounted for the rise to power of Napoleon Bonaparte?
Military Victory
Proven Leadership
Reputation (+)
Changes in Government
The Directory ineffective
Coup d’état by Abbé Siéyès & army
Constitution Year VIII
1st Consul = NB as sole Ruler

5. The Consulate: NB as Ruler
Peace to Europe: Treaty of Amiens 1802
Amnesty
Emigrés + Other Factions b/c Skills Needed
Suppression of Dissent
Secret Police + Centralized Power + Execution
Concordat = Peace with the Papacy
RC as official French religion, Power Shared
Napoleonic Code
Property Rights, Pro-Biz Anti-Labor, Pro-Male
Consistent Law in France

6. NB as Emperor – What the…?
Bomb Threat >>
New Constitution
Plebiscite =
Vote of ppl

7. How did the French Empire get established & what was its extent?
Haitian Rebellion… lost
Louisiana Purchase… sold
Setbacks vs. Third Coalition (GB, A, R)
Trafalgar ‘05 = GB is safe, naval superiority
Conquest = Expansion of Land/Influence
Austerlitz ‘05 = NB controls Northern Italy
Confederation of the Rhine ‘06 = Re-organized
Berlin Decrees ‘06 = no GB imports
Treaty of Tilsit ‘07 = Prussia / Russia “puppets”

8. Napoleon’s Three Mistakes
The Continental System ‘07
No trade w/ GB w/in Empire
Milan Decree No One trades w/ GB
Damaged Economy > Smuggling, ↑ costs
The Peninsular War ‘08
Suppress Portugal + Replace Bourbon King
Guerilla War by Sp + GB troops = losses
The Invasion of Russia 1812
Grand Army 600k >>>> 100k
Scorched Earth + Weather = Defeat + Retreat

9. Napoleon’s End #1 3 Mistakes > Weakened Forces
Battle of the Nations aka Battle of Leipzig
NB loses
NB Abdicates + Accepts Exile to Elba, but…

10. After NB… What’s Next? Treaty of Chaumont 1814
Bourbons restored (Louis XVIII) >1792 borders
Quadruple Alliance = Peace / Cooperation
GB, Russia, Prussia & Austria… 20 year deal
Congress of Vienna begins…
NB’s Hundred Days… again?
NB returns, new army… vs. Quad Alliance
Wellington (GB) + von Blucher (P) def. NB-Waterloo
NB exiled to St. Helena (mid-Atlantic)… dies (6 yrs)
Congress of Vienna continues…

11. Congress of Vienna 1814-15 GB, Prussia, Austria, Russia = deciders
Castlereagh (GB) & Metternich (A) key ppl.
Balance of Power
Borders realigned, territory restored
Legitimacy
Restored monarchs/avoid democracy
Holy Alliance (R, Pr,& A)
France restored as a respected power
Results in peace on the Continent…