1. Reflection
 Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon Bonaparte

2. The Napoleonic Revolution
Rise of Emperor Napoleon

3. Overthrow of the Directory
 Napoleon once said:
“I found the crown of
France lying on the
ground and I picked it
up with a sword.”
 1799 New French
Constitution
2 consuls
 Napoleon became
consul for the next 10
years

4. Domestic and Religious Policy
 Napoleon quickly cleaned up the bandits that
polluted France
 Religious Reform
 Concordat of 1801
 Napoleon named Bishops
 Church officials received state salaries (Protestants too!)
 “With the aid of Catholicism I should easily attain
all my great results.”

5. Napoleonic Code
 Before the codification there were almost 300 different law systems,
during the revolution efforts were made to prepare a single code,
and Napoleon finished it
 Freedom of speech and press were curtailed, but made laws less
confusing
 Other Reforms
 Education was placed under state control.
 Public school system financed by taxes.
 National bank
 1802 voters approved when Napoleon named himself First Consul for
life.
 Approved (1804) Emperor of the French.

6. Napoleon’s Empire
 Treaty of Amiens March 1802
 peace between France and
Britain
 Napoleon had already
defeated Austria and Italy and
convinced Russia to withdraw.

7. Third Coalition
 Britain declared war in 1803
 Britain, Austria, Russia and Sweden were unable to
defeat France and Spain
 Napoleon’s Empire quickly expanded to include all
Europe.
 Confederation of the Rhine
 Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805
 defeat to French and Spanish navies.
 economic warfare.

8. Continental System
 Destroy the British trade by shutting British goods
and shipping out of all European ports
 The Berlin Decree forbid British goods in the ports
under French control.
 Russia and Prussia had to go
 Portugal refused and Napoleon attacked
 Spain refused-Napoleon turned against his ally and
placed his brother on the throne.

9. Invasion of Russia
 Alexander I’s defied France and needed to be
punished.
 1812 France started into Russia
 The Russians burnt everything
 Napoleon delayed retreat
 Russian troops attacked Napoleon’s as they
retreated
 4/5 of Napoleon’s army was captured or died
before reaching the Prussia

11. Napoleon’s Defeat
 Leipzig, Germany in October 1813
 Napoleon was exiled to Elba
 Boundaries of France were reduced to those of
1792.

12. 100 Days
 March 1, 1815 Napoleon remained in command for
100 days.
 France met Britain, Netherlands, Prussia at
Waterloo June 1815. The French were defeated.
 Napoleon was placed under house arrest on St.
Helena of the South Atlantic till1821.

13. Napoleon’s Legacy
 Freedom of Religion
 End of the Political reign of the Catholic Church
 Taste of Freedom from Monarch