1. The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte

2. Background Born in Corsica in 1769
Won scholarship to French military school in 1779
An excellent student

3. A Hero of the Revolution
1795- Napoleon helped stop of mob of “royalists”

4. Coup d `etat A coup is a sudden overthrow of a government
Usually done by a small group
Napoleon seized power from the Directory on Nov. 9, 1799

5. Napoleon becomes Emperor

7. Napoleon’s Empire (1810) controlled much of Europe by 1810
Also controlled Spain, Warsaw, and German kingdoms indirectly
Russia and Prussia were controlled via alliances

8. Napoleon’s Three Mistakes
#1 The Continental System
Economic war against Britain
Goal- make mainland Europe “self sufficient”
Blockade ineffective

9. Britain responds w/ a blockade of neutral ships
End result- France became weaker