Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte
Ambition is never content even on the summit of
greatness.
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Born in Corsica as an Italian- Became a French
citizen at the age of 1
Home in which Napoleon was born
Corsica
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Became dictator (all power held by a single
person) of France for the next 15 years beginning
in 1799 when he launched a coup d etat against
the Directory (French government at the time,
which was very WEAK)
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Became Emperor for life in 1805
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Napoleon was immediately at war with the Second
Coalition (countries united against France)
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Coalitions were formed because other European
Monarchs did not want their people to see the
French get away with killing their king and
starting Republics.
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Loved by all of the French
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NAPOLEON AS LEADER OF FRANCE
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• General Reforms
• Freedom of worship
• Stabilized food prices
• Class Equality
• Rebuilt Paris
• Got rid of 10 day week ( calendar)
• Made amends with the Catholic Church

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• Legal Reform
• The Napoleonic Code single set of laws for all
  of France
• Equality of law
• Basic liberties
• Restored slavery
• Limits on womens rights
• Limits on political rights and freedom of speech
  and press
• NO LAWS APPLIED TO NAPOLEON

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Napoleon as a Military Leader
Wave of victories, passionate leader, soldiers
fought for him Awesome General The French
people LOVED him
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THREE BLUNDERS
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1. Spain Kicked out old king and put his
brother, Joseph, in charge of Spain. Spanish
fought back with help from the British.
Guerrilla Warfare destroyed the French. Napoleon
has to pull out (300,000 French killed)
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• Continental System Napoleon tried to isolate
  trade with Britain (to hurt their economy), but
  it backfired.
• Battle of Trafalgar - Napoleon lost to the
  British navy. This was Napoleons first major
  defeat

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BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
British French Lord Nelson Admiral
Villeneuve- The British navy better Slower
ships, weaker communicate on the
cannons, ineffective water, much more
powerful strategy against faster
cannons
ships
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Battle of Trafalgar
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1. Russia (1812) Napoleon goes in with 400,000
   troops, comes back with 10,000

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While Napoleon was down, the other countries
gang on France up to defeat Napoleon at the
Battle of Leipzig (Battle of Nations) - 1813
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Napoleon gives up the throne and was exiled to
Elba.
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100 Days - Napoleons return to power

• People didnt like Louis XVIII (brother of the
  guillotined king)
• Napoleon escaped Elba (Louis fled)
• Napoleon regained full power
• Napoleon best defense is a good offense. He
  attacked the British General Wellington at
  Waterloo (Belgium)
• Napoleon is defeated for a final and exiled once
  again, this time to Saint Helena, an island in
  the middle of the Atlantic Ocean off the coach of
  West Africa

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Napoleon is at St. Helena for nearly six years
before he dies of a stomach ailment in 1921.
Bonaparte was 51 years old, married twice and had
one son Napoleon II.
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• LEGACY
• Rise of Nationalism
• Division of people by country not social class
• People willing to go to war based on love of
  country

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LEGACY (CONTINUED) Spread of ideas       
Political philosophy        Revolution as an
option     Equality, speech, voting,
property   Rise of a strong, centralized military
with soldiers that have proper equipment,
training and are well cared for