1. Age of Napoleon

2. Early Life
Napoleon Bonaparte dominated French and European history from
Brought the French Revolution to an end in 1799
Born in Corsica 1769
Son of a lawyer who came from Florentine nobility
Studied at a military school in France
1785 became lieutenant in the French army
Studied philosophes and military campaigns of great military leaders

3. Early Life 1792 captain of French army
1794(25 yrs old) brigadier of Committee of Public Safety
1796 commander of French army in Italy
Won confidence from his men
ability to make quick decisions
intelligence
ease with words
confidence in himself

4. Early Life 1797 returned to France as a hero
Given job to command and train an army to invade Britain
He proposed to invade Egypt and threatening India
Major sources of British wealth
1799 took part in Coup d'état and set up the consulate
New government
Napoleon controlled entire government as first consul
Made himself consul for life
Crowned himself Emperor

5. Domestic Policies Created peace with the catholic church
Took the role of a different religion depending on where he was
Created seven codes of law
Civil Code (Napoleonic code) - recognized equality of all citizens
Choose their profession
Religious toleration
Abolition of serfdom and feudalism
Made it more difficult to get divorce if you were a woman

6. Bureaucracy Hired officials Created new aristocracy
Didn’t matter if they were royal or revolutionary officials
Based on ability
Created new aristocracy
Only 22% were from old regime
60% were middle class

7. Bureaucracy Napoleon preserved ideas of the revolution
Civil code
Government careers to people on ability
Changed ideas as well
Shut down 60 of 73 newspapers in France
All manuscripts were subject to government scrutiny
Mail was opened by government police