Napoleon and

His Empire
Section 1:
Napoleon Seizes
Power
Terms and Events:
Important People/Terms Significant Events

Napoleon Bonaparte October 1795- Napoleon saves the National

Convention
The National Convention
1796- Napoleon is made general of the French
Horatio Nelson Army

The Directory August 1798- Battle of The Nile, Egypt

Coup d’etat November 1799- Napoleon takes over the

Directory
Organizing Ideas: The Path to Dictatorship

Red: Political Path Blue: Social/Military Path

Factor 1: Military Success Factor 2: Popularity Factor 3: Timing and

-Defended the National - Savior of the Revolution and Circumstance
Convention of 1795 National Convention -Successful
-The Directory is weak and
Coup D'etat.
corrupt
-Successful victories in Italy and -Citizens know of his victories
Southern Germany against the Austrians -Napoleon First
-News of his defeat in
Consul of
Egypt does not travel to
-Soldiers respect his military France
France.
leadership
Thematic Question: Crafting a Thesis
Question: What was the most important factor that to Napoleon becoming dictator in France?

Step 1: Creating a simple thesis

-Based on the previous slide, choose one of the three major factors. You should create a simple statement:

Example: Timing and circumstance was the most important factor that led to Napoleon becoming dictator.”

Step 2: Exploring your simple statement:

- At this point you should ask yourself some questions about your simple thesis.

-What are some details related to timing and circumstances?

Example: The unpopular Directory

-How did these details contribute to Napoleon’s political/social success?

Example: French people do not like the government

Thematic Question: Completing the Thesis
Part 3: Complex Thesis

Combine Parts 1 and 2:

Your simple thesis created in Part 1 which is broad and unfocused is refined and
made clear by the more specific observations made in Part 2.

Napoleon was able to become dictator of France because of the

circumstance created by the unpopular government known as the Directory.
Section 2:
Napoleon Rules
France
Terms and Events
Important People/Terms Important Events

-Plebiscite -Concordat of 1801

-Lycess -December 2nd, 1804- Crowning of Napoleon

-Pope Pius VII

-Napoleonic Code
Organizing Ideas: Pros and Cons of Reform
Green: Pros Red: Cons

Economy: Education: Church Government: Law:

Develop Creation of Concordat of Called for Creation of
Financial Lycess 1801 plebiscites or Napoleonic Code
Institutions common votes
-Establishment of -Established -Standardized laws
-Efficient Tax Meritocracy relationship with
Collection Catholic Church -Resulted in -Limitation of
- Male focus in Napoleon’s position freedom of speech
- Creation of a education - Stopped as first consul and freedom of
national banking persecution of press.
system Catholics
-Made slavery legal
in the Caribbean
Cause and Effect: Reforms and Liberty
Let us take a look at how specific reforms supported the liberty of the French people or removed
liberty?

Plebiscite:

Allowed for the people to vote for their new Constitution but established Napoleon as a dictator

Lycees:

Created schools to promote a meritocracy but only allowed for males to attend these schools.

Napoleonic Code:

Create two separate Cause and Effect statements for this term.
 Part 3:
Napoleon Creates an
Empire
Terms and Events
Important People/Terms Important Events

-Saint Domingue -Louisiana Purchase (1803)

-Toussaint L’Ouverture -October 21st, 1805, Battle of Trafalgar

-Horatio Nelson -December 2nd 1805, Battle of Austerlitz

-“Puppet States”

-The Coalition
 Trial and Error- Napoleon’s path
Towards Empire
Controlling Europe
Looking to the West:
-British Blockade of France
-Revolutionary Ideas move
West A Vast Empire:
-Defeat at Trafalgar
Map of Napoleo
-Defeat of French n's Europe
Expedition in Haiti.

-Victory at Austerlitz

-Creation of “puppet states”

-Sale of Louisiana Territory
-Kingdom of Naples
to the United States
-Confederation of the Rhine
-Duchy of Warsaw
Tasks for next class

Task 1:
Directions: Using the three steps from “Crafting a thesis” Create two theses for
the following question:

How did Napoleon’s defeats affect the creation of his Empire?

Task 2:
Directions: Using the examples from the “Cause and Effect” slide, create a cause
and effect statement for the following terms:

Saint Domingue
Louisiana Purchase
Battle of Trafalgar
Part 4:
Napoleon’s Costly Mistakes
Significant Terms and Events
Important People/Terms Important Events

-Blockade -Peninsular War

-Continental System -Invasion of Russia

-Joseph Bonaparte

-Guerillas

-Alexander I

-Scorched-Earth Policy
The Continental System:
Intentions vs Actual Results
Peninsular
War
The Continental Fighting costly wars
System: upholding System

Intention Invasion of
Russia

Economic Warfare
Against the British

Map of The
Continental System
The Continental System and the Peninsular War
Napoleon needs Portugal
to be under the Place Joseph
Continental System Bonaparte as
King

Invade Portugal
through Spain Nationalist response
and open revolt

Spanish Guerillas with

British help cause
300,000 French
Casualties
The Continental System and Russian Invasion
Napoleon openly demands
Alexander I stop trading
with England Interactive Map of
Russian Invasion/R
etreat
Alexander retreats
Napoleon Crosses
and enacts scorched
the Neiman River
earth policy
with 422,000 Troops

Napoleon reaches
an abandoned and
Napoleon defeats burned Moscow
Russian forces at
Borodino- 130,000
soldiers remain Napoleon, is forced to retreat back
the Neiman. In the end only 10,000
troops remain
Tasks for Part 4:
Task 4.1: Using the three steps from the “Crafting a Thesis” slide, create two
complex thesis regarding this question:

“ How did the Continental System lead Napoleon towards decline?”

Task 4.2: Using the examples from the “Cause and Effect” slide create a cause
and effect statement for the following terms:

Joseph Bonaparte
Guerillas
Scorched Earth Policy
Part 5:
The Fall of Napoleon
Significant Terms and Events
Important People/Terms Important Events

Louis XVIII Battle of Leipzig

Elba Hundred Days

Duke of Wellington Battle of Waterloo

St. Helena
The Lasting Effects of The Continental System

Military Effects: Diplomatic Results

Effects: 1. The Coalition
1. Lost around defeats
700,000 trained 1. Established Napoleon’s
and Russia as an Army at
experienced enemy Leipzig
troops
2. Motivated 2. Paris is
2. New Grand Austria to captured and
Armee is declare war Napoleon
untrained and capitualates
untested
The Hundred Days: Napoleon’s Second Chance

Failed to remove Lack of support

Napoleonic military from his Military
leaders
Napoleon is
motivated to escape
Elbla and,
successfully retakes
Louis Viewed as an Lack of popularity the Throne
opposition to the amongst the
Revolution’s common people.
Reforms
 The Hundred Days: Napoleon’s Ultimate Defeat
Napoleon’s Final Battle at Waterloo

Quick mobilization and Napoleon’s inability to break

coordination of the British the British forces (Duke of
and the Prussians Wellington)

Napoleon’s forces are defeated

“He was as at Waterloo
great as a
man can be
without Napoleon is exiled to St. Helena where he dies six years
Virtue.” later in 1821
-Alexis de
Tocqueville
Tasks for Part 5:
Task 5.1:
Directions: Using the three steps from “Crafting a thesis” Create two theses for the
following question:

What factors allowed to regain his position of power during the Hundred Days?

Task 5.2: Using the examples from the “Cause and Effect” slide create a cause and effect
statement for the following terms:

Louis XVIII
Battle of Leipzig
Part 6: Congress of Vienna
Significant Terms and Events
Important People and Terms Important Events

-Five Great Powers -Congress of Vienna

-Klemens von Metternich

-German Confederation

-Holy Alliance

-Concert of Europe
Congress of Vienna: Attempt at Order and Stability

Klemens von Metternich’s Three-point Plan

Containment of France Balance of Power Legitimacy

-Strengthening - France as a diminished -Reestablishment of
France’s Neighbors. power monarchy

--German -Keeping France -Restoring French and

Confederation/Netherlands together Spanish crown

-Metternich's Map -Equal distribution of -Stabilization of power

power-Concert of Europe through monarchy
Congress of Vienna: Long Term Effects

Resurgence of Conservatism Revolutionary Nationalism and

Reaction Residual effects
-Revolutions are a source of of Revolution
instability -Restoration of
King -Growth of
-Conservatism must be upheld Nationalism in Italy
-Creole’s reaction and Germany
-Alliances against Liberalism
-Holy Alliance (Eastern -Latin American -The experiment of
Europe) Revolution the Revolution
Tasks for Part 6:

Task 6.1:
Directions: Using the three steps from “Crafting a thesis” Create two theses for the following
question:

How did the Congress of Vienna affect the political ideologies throughout the world?

Task 6.2:
Directions: Using the examples from the “Cause and Effect” slide create a cause and effect
statement for the following terms:

Holy Alliance
German Confederation