Napoleons Empire Collapses

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NAPOLEONS COSTLY MISTAKE
The Continental System
Blockade
A forcible closing of ports
Designed to make Europe more
selfsufficient
Destroy Britains commercial and
industrial economy
The Peninsular War
To help enforce Continental System
Napoleon removes the King of Spain
Replaces with his brother
Spanish people feared Napoleon would
weaken the church
Guerrillas
Killed 300,000 French troops
NAPOLEONS COSTLY MISTAKE
The Invasion of Russia
Napoleon mistrusts Russia
both think the other wants to invade Poland
1812
420,000 French troops invade Russia
Scorched - earth policy
burning grain fields
killing life stock
NAPOLEONS COSTLY MISTAKE
The Invasion of Russia (cont.)
Winter is as bad as the Russians
Raiders
Exhaustion
Hunger
Cold
Of the 400,000+ French troops, only
10,000 are battle ready when they
finally retreat
NAPOLEONS DOWNFALL
Napoleon Suffers Defeat
Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Sweden take
advantage
Defeat Napoleons untrained army
March on Paris
Exiled Napoleon to Elba
The Hundred Days
Very unpopular with French people
Was thought that he would undo
the changes from the revolution
Louis XVIII
assumes
the throne
1,000s of volunteers join his army
Prussian and British forces defeat
him at Waterloo
Napoleon
escapes
Dies 6 years later
Exiled to St.
Helena