rise and fall of Napoleon important info

Napoleons Accomplishments

- Restored order in France - Made French law clear and consistent - Made peace with the Catholic church - Hdemocratic reforms (male su rage, educations - Built an empire - by 1812 Napoleon controlled most of Europe

Napoleon Bonaparte: First Counsel

- Returns home and takes power in a coup
overthrow of govnt

- 5 man Directory is replaced a 3 man Counsel - Napoleon becomes First Counsel and controls France army and is soon able to establish a dictatorship

Napoleon Bonaparte: The Hero

- Young o cer in the French Army - Appointed as a general and sent to lead French forces against European enemies

RISE OF NAPOLEON
3 costly mistakes

The Continental System

- Napoleon set up a system of _________________________ (forcible closing of ports) to prevent all trade and communication between Britain and other European nations. - goal was to make the continent of Europe more _________________________. - The blockades only partially workedmany people ignored them or else smuggled cargo - Britain set up its own system of blockades - Britians worked _____________________.

The Peninsula War

- Portugal is not participating in the Continental System, so Napoleon decided to invade Portugal. - Napoleon had to go through Spain and the Spanish people ________________ this action - In response, Napoleon put his _____________________ on the Spanish throne - Spanish peasant ghters, known as guerillas, fought against the French Army in what became known ______________.

The Invasion of Russia

FALL of NAPOLEON

- Napoleons most disastrous mistake - decided to invade Russia - As the French Army advanced, the Russian Army retreated and __________________everything in their path - scorched-earth policy: burning grain elds and slaughtering livestock to leave nothing for their French enemies to eat - Not prepared for the ____________________________.