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Title Notes: The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Answer these questions in your notes...● Would you have executed King Louis? Does this violate

Enlightenment principles? Why or why not?

● Is the guillotine an example of “cruel and unusual punishment”? Why or why not?

● In the U.S. we have the death penalty. How are the executions during the Reign of Terror similar to this? How are they different?

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The Rise and Fall of Napoleon

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Napoleon Rises to Power

● joined army during Revolution and proclaimed a hero by defending the National Convention from royalists

● appointed by the Directory to lead French army against Austria

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Napoleon Rises to Power

● 1799- Directory lost power and Napoleon seized power in a Coup d’Etat

● 1802- Napoleon signs treaty with European powers and ushers in a period of peace

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Napoleon as Elected Consul

● a plebiscite, or vote of the people, approved new constitution and Napoleon

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Napoleon as Elected Consul

1. economy = enforced tax collection and national banking system

2. government = elected trained officials3. education = set up lycees (gov’t run

schools)

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Napoleon as Elected Consul

4. religion = signed a concordat (agreement) with the Pope which recognized the Church’s influence

5. Napoleonic Code = uniform set of laws and eliminated injustice but limited actual liberties

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Napoleon as Emperor

● decided to make himself emperor and the French supported him

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Napoleon as Emperor

● goal: world domination

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Napoleon as Emperor

● Failure in the New World:○ Haitian Revolution○ sold holdings in North

America ---> Louisiana Purchase

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Napoleon as Emperor

● In Europe: forced Austria, Prussia, and Russia to sign peace treaties

● largest empire since Roman Empire● couldn’t invade Britain = lost at Battle of

Trafalgar

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Napoleon’s Mistakes1. Continental System:

blockade to separate Britain from mainland Europea. wanted to make Europe

more self-sufficientb. weak - still allowed for

British tradec. British responded with

larger blockade

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Napoleon’s Mistakes2. Peninsular War: Napoleon tried

to force Portugal to adhere to Continental Systema. sent forces through Spain

which upset them b. Spanish guerrillas, peasant

fighters, attacked French armyc. lost 300,000 men

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Napoleon’s Mistakes

3. Invasion of Russia:a. Russia kept sending the British

food ---> Napoleon invadedb. Scorched-earth policy: burning

grain fields and slaughtering livestock so Napoleon’s troops could not eat anything

c. Russian winters extreme- forced to withdraw

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What do Napoleon’s mistakes have in common?

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Downfall of Napoleon

● all European powers declare war on France● 1814- Napoleon surrendered and gave up

his position; banished to Elba● Louis XVIII took over (the executed king’s

brother)

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Downfall of Napoleon

● Napoleon tried to regain power- escaped Elba and briefly became emperor again

● Waterloo = Napoleon attacked British forces in Belgium, England able to push French back

● defeat ended Napoleon’s last attempt at power

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Downfall of Napoleon

● ended the Hundred Days (Napoleon’s last reign as emperor) = banished to St. Helena

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Practice Identification

Continental System

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Peer Gradewrite your name below their ID4 points = who, what, where (did they ID this term in detail)1 point = significance (course theme or BIG IDEA)

write:one positive commentone helpful critique

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Study Strategy

Think of a strategy that would help you remember the Continental System for the test. It could be a: rhyme, slogan, picture, mnemonic device etc...

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Fill in TOC13. English Civil War and Glorious Revolution Notes (11/13)14. American Revolution Notes and Scavenger Hunt (11/14)15. French Revolution Notes (11/17)16. Annotated Declaration of the Rights of Man with Paragraph

Chart (11/18)17. Reign of Terror Notes and Questions (11/19)18. Rise and Fall of Napoleon Notes with Identifications (11/20)19. World-wide Revolution Notes with Summary (11/21)20. French Revolution/ Napoleon Chart (11/ 24)

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World-wide Revolutions

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● 500,000 Africans enslaved working on French plantations

● August 1791: slaves rose up to revolt

● led by Toussaint L’Overture○ made agreement with French: free

slaves in exchange for no rebellion○ sent to prison in France

Haitian Revolution

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● revolution movement took over by Jean-Jacques Dessalines

● January 1, 1804: Haiti declared independent country

● first black colony to free itself from European control

Haitian Revolution

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● Simon Bolivar○ declared

independence for Venezuela from Spain in 1811

○ independence won in 1821

Latin America

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Latin America

● Jose de San Martin○ declared Argentina’s

independence in 1816○ also freed Chile and Peru

from Spanish control

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Latin America

● Bolivar and San Martin joined forces --->○ unified forces under Bolivar○ last battle against Spanish =

Battle of Ayacucho in Peru ○ creation of Gran Colombia

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Mexico

● independence led by Miguel Hidalgo ○ priest influenced by Enlightenment○ led 80,000 people to Mexico City○ defeated by Spanish○ Jose Maria Morelos = new leader

of Mexican independence movement, lasted four years

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Mexico

● Agustin de Iturbide overthrew Morelos and declared independence from Mexico in 1821

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Brazil

● The royal family of Portugal escaped to Brazil when Napoleon invaded during the Peninsular Wars = set up capital in Rio de Janeiro

● 14 years- ruled out of Brazil

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Brazil

● after Napoleon was defeated, the royal family returned to Portugal

● Brazilians did not want to become a colony again and demanded independence in 1822

● won independence in a bloodless takeover

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