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Rise to Power
• Gained recognition under Terror Government
• Helped establish Directory Government with a Whiff of grapeshot
• Military Successes: Italy, Austria– Earned recognition, greeted as a hero upon his
return to Paris
• War with Britain– Egyptian Campaign
Egyptian Campaign• Battle of the Nile
– Defeated by Nelson
• Rosetta Stone discovered• Returned to Paris (in defeat?)
– 1799 Coup d etat – Establishes The Consulate
1799 Coup : Consulate• Planned as 3 member executive
– Napoleon: First Consul • Most powerful man in France• Crossed the Alps
• Consul for life 1802– Reorganization of Government – Bureaucracy – Bank of France – Concordat with the Church– Educational reform– Napoleonic Code (reformed legal system to reflect
principles of the Fr Rev)– Meritocracy
• Negotiations with Britain– Peace in 1802 – War again in 1803
Napoleon’s FamilyNapoleon’s Family Jerome Bonaparte King of Westphalia. Joseph Bonaparte King of Spain Louise Bonaparte King of Holland Pauline Bonaparte Princess of Italy Napoléon Francis Joseph
Charles (son) King of Rome
Elisa Bonaparte Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Caroline Bonaparte Queen of Naples
The Continental SystemThe Continental System
GOAL to isolate Britain and promote Napoleon’s mastery over Europe.
GOAL to isolate Britain and promote Napoleon’s mastery over Europe.
Marie Louise(of Austria)
married Napoleon on
March 12, 1810
in Vienna
Marie Louise(of Austria)
married Napoleon on
March 12, 1810
in Vienna
Russian Invasion• 1812-1813
• Napoleon had over 600,000 troops
• Russians follow scorched earth policy
• Moscow burned
• Early 1813: 100,00 troops retreat
• only 40,000 survive