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EMPEROR AND CONQUEROR

Napoleon

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The Siege of Toulon

November-December 1793

Southern French cityFrench Republic vs.

Spain, Britain, and French Royalists

Brings Napoleon to the attention of Parisian elites

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Whiff of Grapeshot

October 5, 1795Uprising of royalists

in ParisNapoleon and

gunners defend the National Convention

He becomes a hero and savior of the French Republic

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Coup d'état

November 9-10, 1799Troops surrounded the national legislature

and drove out most of its membersRemaining lawmakers voted to dissolve the

DirectoryEstablished a group of three Consuls

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First Consul

December 13, 1799Obtained dictatorial

powersMade government

more efficientAbolished remnants

of class and privilege

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Changes Under Napoleon

Set up lycées: government run public schoolsCreated a comprehensive and uniform system

of laws, the Napoleonic CodeSigned a concordat: formal agreement

between the pope and a government Recognized influence of Church, but rejected its

control in national affairs

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Emperor Napoleon I

December 2, 1804Decided to make

himself emperorHad support of the

peopleTook crown from

pope and placed it on his own head

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Napoleon’s Empire

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The Russian Campaign

1812Alliance with Russia

breaks downNapoleon invades

with over 420,000 soldiers

Russians practice scorched-earth policy

10,000 survive the campaign

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First Abdication and Exile

April 6, 1814 accepts terms of surrender and gives up his throne

May 4, 1814-February 26, 1815 Napoleon is given a

small pension and banished to Elba

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The Hundred Days

Louis XVI’s brother assumes the throne as Louis XVIII Suspected of trying to undo the progress made during

the French RevolutionMarch 1815-Napoleon escapes Elba and

returns to Paris Within days he becomes emperor again

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Waterloo

European allies prepare to battle Napoleon

June 18, 1815 French and British troops clash at Waterloo

With the support of Prussian reinforcements Napoleon is defeated

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Second Abdication and Exile

June 22, 1815 Napoleon is forced to

abdicate the throne again

October 1815-May 1821 To prevent him from

returning, the British exile him to Saint Helena

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Death of Napoleon

May 5, 1821 Dies of a stomach

ailmentDecember 15, 1840

His remains are brought back to France and placed at the Invalides


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