The Age of Napoleon

So what about “fraternity”?

(nationalism)- A strong
feeling of pride and
devotion to one’s culture,
race, country.
The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
• Corsican
• Military genius
• Savior
• Hero
Napoleon takes control of
France -1799
•Josephine
•Dissolution of Directory
•First Consul
•Plebiscite vote of the people
Napoleon Brings Order
• Centralized government
• Efficient tax system
• Education-lyceums
• Concordat with Vatican
• The Napoleonic Code-Order at the
expense of individual freedom
1804 Emperor of the French
• Failures in the New World/Egypt
• Revolution in Haiti-1804
• 1803- Louisiana Purchase
• Humiliation in love
Napoleon Conquers Central
Europe 1803-1805
• Confederation of the Rhine
• Duchy of Warsaw(Poland)
• Alliances with Prussia, Austria, and
Russia
• ( Did Napoleon create the idea of a
united Germany?)
British Opposition
• Naval Superiority
• 1805-Battle of Trafalgar
• Admiral Horatio Nelson
• Destruction of French fleet
• British supremacy lasts 100 years
• Britain free from invasion
The French Empire-1812
• Largest since Rome
• Destruction of nobility
• Extension of Napoleonic
Code/values of French Revolution
• Nationalism
The British Blockade
• The Continental System
• Defiance of allies
• British advantages
• War of 1812
• Weakened French economy
1808 Invasion of Spain
• Joseph Bonaparte
• Catholic rebels
• Guerilla warfare
• Peninsular War 1807-1813
• Drain on French manpower
and resources
Invasion of Russia
• “Mother Russia”
• 1812 winter
• Battle of Borodino
• Russian scorched earth
policy
• Ignoble retreat
• Grand Army of half a million
reduced to 10,000
Napoleon’s Downfall
• The Fourth Coalition
• A new marriage
• An inexperienced army
• 1813 Defeat at Leipzig
• 1814 Conquest of France
• Exile on Elba
The Return of Napoleon
• Louis XVIII
• The Hundred Days
• An Emperor restored
• Waterloo
• Duke of Wellington
• St. Helena
Napoleon’s Legacy
• Changed the face of Europe
• Legal Codes
• Destruction of aristocratic
power
• Dual nature of Nationalism