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NAPOLEON’S DOWNFALL CONTINENTAL SYSTEM INVASION OF RUSSIA PENINSULAR
WAR 3 COSTLY MISTAKES NAPOLEON’S DOWNFALL
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CONTINENTAL SYSTEM Napoleon attempts to block trade between Continental Europe and Britain 1806 Britain reacts with blockade of France Portugal and Russia continue to trade France’s navy suffers defeat Weakened France
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BLOCKADE AROUND BRITAIN TO STOP TRADE WITH EUROPE
CONTINENTAL SYSTEM: BLOCKADE AROUND BRITAIN TO STOP TRADE WITH EUROPE
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PENINSULAR WAR Napoleon sent troops to conquer Portugal 1808
Spain’s peasant fighters used guerrilla warfare Napoleon lost 300,000 soldiers Weakened France Nationalism on rise
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PENINSULAR WAR GUERILLA WARFARE
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INVASION OF RUSSIA 1812, Napoleon invades Russia (420,000 troops)
Scorched-earth policy Famine and harsh winter Napoleon forced to retreat Prussia/Austria attack weakened troops Napoleon returns with 10,000 troops
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INVASION OF RUSSIA
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NAPOLEON SURRENDERS Austria, Britain, Russia, Prussia, Sweden all declare war on France Napoleon surrenders 1814 Exiled to Elba, island off Italian peninsula
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NAPOLEON’S LAST FIGHT Napoleon escapes Elba Returns to France
Finally defeated at Waterloo (100 Days) Sent to St. Helena, island in Atlantic off coast Africa Died 1821
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