1. By: María Jesús Campos TheNapoleonic Era in Europe

2. Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821 Born in Corsica 1789 liutenantontheFrenchArmyduringtheFrenchRevolutionaryWar. Promotedto General. Hisvictoriesmadehimvery popular.

3. Therise of Napoleon 1799 Napoleonled a coupd’etat and becamedictator. 1804 he crownedhimself as emperorNapoleon I. Peopleacceptedbecausetheylongedfor a returntopeace and normal lifeafterthelongperiod of theFrenchRevolution.

4. Reorganisedthegovernment. Reformedeconomy. CreatedtheCodeNapoleon, legal codethatorganizedFrenchlaws. Foundedthe Bank of France as a central financialinstitution. Established a Frenchpubliceducationalsystem. DomesticPolicy

5. ForeignPolicy DismissingtheFrenchdesireforpeace, Bonaparte set outon a personal questtodominateEurope. DeclaredwaronEngland in 1803 butwasdefeated in Cape Trafalgar. Napoleonimposedthe “Continental system” blockadingEnglandfrom trading withothernations of Europe.

6. Eventually, hisrelatives and militarymenruledoverforeigngovernmentsthroughthecontinent. Therest of EuropefellunderNapoleon’s rule as he won victoryaftervictoryonthecontinent. Throughtreaties and alliances, NapoleonstrengthenedhisEuropeandominance.

7. SpanishWar of Independence In 1808 SpainrevoltedagainstNapoleon’sbrother Josep I and droveouttheFrenchtroops. In 1812 NapoleondeclaredwarontheRussians. TheRussiansretreated, burning and destroyingeverything. A combination of thesevereRussianwinter and the guerrilla harassment of theRussiansoldiersonNapoleon’sforceendedwiththelost of over 2/3 of theFrencharmy . Thefall of Napoleon RussianCampaign

8. Europe faces Napoleon Austria, Russia, Great Britain and SwedencombinedtheirtroopstomeettheFrencharmy. Napoleonisdefeated at Leipzig in 1813 and forcedtosurrenderhisthrone.

9. TheEmpire of the 100 Days 1815 Napoleonescapedhis exile and returnedto France. Armiesfrom Great Britain, Prussia and HollanddefeatedNapoleon at Waterloo. Napoleonwasbanishedtotheisland of St. Helena, where he died in 1821.