1. Napoleon the Conqueror

2. French Empire (Before conquest of Europe)

3. Napoleon Bonaparte Sent to Military school at a young age
Became a lieutenant in the French Army at age 16
Was appointed leader of the military by The Directory (France’s new government)
Protected France from other countries during the Revolution

4. Napoleon the Dictator
The Directory started to lose the confidence of the French citizens and were afraid another revolution
The Directory puts Napoleon in charge of the Military, and wanted him to take control of France
The legislative assembly voted to change the government
Instead of 5 Directors ---> now 3 Consuls
Napoleon seizes complete power from the other 2 Consuls
Coup d’etat (Coo-de-ta)

6. Napoleonic Wars

7. Napoleonic Wars Napoleon was a great military Commander
Military strategy unlike any other
Was able to take over nearly half of Western Europe
Wanted to become more powerful then Great Britain
Tried to blockade – cut off ability to trade
Russia refused to obey the order – Napoleon decides to attack

8. Chasing Russians
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9. Fight on The Russian winter destroys Napoleon’s army
Napoleon and his men (or whats left of them) make it back to France
Napoleon able to quickly raise up another army
Small and inexperienced,
Were destroyed at the Battle of Leipzig (Germany)
Austrians, Prussians and British start to squeeze in on Napoleon

10. Paris Captured 1814 – Paris occupied by enemy troops
Napoleon forced to surrender and accept the terms of Alexander I (Russia)
One of those terms – Exile
Elba

11. Napoleon escapes!
Napoleon able to get off the Island of Elba, and raise another army!
Defeated by the British at the battle of Waterloo
This time – exiled to St. Helena

12. What to do now? Napoleon dies a few years later on St. Helena
The European powers want to make sure nobody (France) would be able to have that much power ever again
Decided to meet together for 4 weeks
The Congress of Vienna

13. Attendance Prince Klemons von Metternich – Austria
King Fredrick William III – Prussia
Czar Alexander I – Russia
Foreign minister Tallerand – France
Foreign minister Castlereagh – Britain

14. Goals The containment of France Balance of Power
Gave France their original borders back
Created the German Confederation as a buffer
Balance of Power
Didn’t want to anger them and cause more problems
Restore the rightful monarchy in France
Louis XVIII
Adopted a constitution

15. Just incase The four powers against France formed an Alliance
Quadruple Alliance – British, Austria, Prussia, Russia
Eastern Europe formed another as well
The Holy alliance – Austria, Prussia, Russia