Napoleon rose to power through his military genius, establishing peace with the Catholic Church, implementing the Civil Code, and turning conquered lands into allies. His fall was due to Britain's survival despite Napoleon's attempts to cut off trade, the failure of his Continental System blockade against Britain, rising nationalism in conquered peoples, and his disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812.

1. LEQ: WHAT WERE THE REASONS FOR
THE RISE AND FALL OF NAPOLEON
BONAPARTE?
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2. A B C

3. RISE OF NAPOLEON
1. Military Genius
2. Peace with Catholics
3. Civil Code
4. Turned Conquered Lands into Allies

4. RISE OF NAPOLEON
1. Military Genius
1. From 1792 quickly advanced through the
ranks
2. Won battles due to: speed, surprise and
decisive action
3. Energy and initiative earn him the
devotion of his troops
4. Keen intelligence, ease with words and
supreme self confidence

5. RISE OF NAPOLEON
2. Peace with the Catholics
• One of the first moves he made upon return
from Italy/Egypt
• He believed (Enlightenment Guy) that religion
was at most a social convenience
• Most French were Catholic
• 1801 agreement with Pope,
#you’renotgettingyourlandsback_bro
• Catholic Church is longer an enemy of France
• People who gained lands from Revolution luv
Nappy

6. RISE OF NAPOLEON
3. Civil Code
• Before the Revolution France had almost 300
laws
• Napoleonic/Civil Code is one of seven created
by Napoleon
• Preserved many of the principles of the
revolution: equality of all citizens before the law;
the right of the individual to choose a profession
religious toleration; and the abolition of serfdom
and all feudal obligations
• Women were “less equal than men” and treated
like children, no public role

7. RISE OF NAPOLEON
4. Turned Conquered into Allies
• French Empire, Dependent States and Allied States
• French Empire= enlarged France extending to the
Rhine and western half of Italy
• Dependent States= kingdoms ruled by relatives of
Napoleon (Spain, Holland, kingdom of Italy, Swiss
Republic, the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, and the
Confederation of the Rhine)
• Allied States= countries defeated and forced to join
his struggle against Britain (Prussia, Austria, Russia
and Sweden)

9. FALL OF NAPOLEON
1. Survival of Britain
2. Failure of Continental System
3. Nationalism
4. Invasion of Russia

10. FALL OF NAPOLEON
1. Survival of Britain
• Napoleon was never able to conquer Great Britain
due to their sea power
• Napoleon planed to invade Britain, but a failure at
Trafalgar in 1805

11. FALL OF NAPOLEON
2. Failure of the Continental System
• Continental System stop British goods from
reaching the European continent to be sold
there
• Theory: by weakening Britain economically,
Napoleon would destroy its ability to wage war
• FAILED: allied states resented being told that
they could not trade with the British, some
cheated, some resisted, plus there were new
markets in Latin America/Middle East
• 1810 British exports near record highs

12. FALL OF NAPOLEON
3. Nationalism
• Nationalism the sense of unique identity of a
people based on common language, religion,
and national symbols
• Napoleon’s march generated nationalism in two
ways:
• Conquered peoples became united in their
hatred of the invaders
• The conquered peoples saw the power
and strength of national feeling

13. FALL OF NAPOLEON
4. Invasion of Russia
• Why invade?
• Borodino
• Great Retreat

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