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Today 12/10/10!
Do Now:
1. What were the goals of the
French Revolution?
2. Do you think they were
achieved?
Objectives: SWBAT…
-Summarize Napoleon’s reign
-Compare the leadership of
Napoleon Bonaparte and
Louis XVI
Homework:
None!
Agenda:
3. Take Out:
A. Pen/pencil
B. Textbook homework assignment
1. Do Now
2. Napoleon!
3. Was the French
Revolution successful?
Napoleon
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Empire
Fall from Power
Congress of Vienna
Post- Terror France, 1795
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The Directory: Ruled France after the death of
Robespierre – corrupt, killed opposition, had
financial problems
Removed financial supports to protect workers
No toleration for violence
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Authorized the use of force against protestors
New Constitution protected Directory, property,
reduced power of the masses, and established
voting rights
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No voting for women
Post-Terror France
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Directory looses election and suspends results
Right to rule based on power and not elections
What were the original goals of the revolution?
What were the people really looking for?
Did they fail? If so, where did they go wrong?
How could they have changed the outcome of the
revolution?
Enter… NAPOLEON!
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Savior of the
Revolution!
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Destroys a Royalist
(supporters of the
King) attempt to take
the National
Convention
Appointed to lead the
French army against
the Austrian and
Prussian assault by the
Directory
Napoleon’s Rise to Power
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Coup d’Etat = try to take
over the government
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1799 Directory has lost
control
Abbe Sieyes urges
Napoleon to take control
Uses the Military to chase
out the Directory and the
Legislature sets up a
Triumvirate
Napoleon seizes all
control from the others
Napoleon’s Achievements
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Plebiscite=Follow the vote of the people
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Held to approve yet another new Constitution
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Fourth in 8 years
Popular Authoritarianism = Right for 1 person
to rule given by the people
Begins to stabilize the country
Economic changes
Efficient, equal taxation system
 National Bank
 Stabilized currency
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Napoleon’s Changes to Government
 Open
Schools or Lycees to train
government officials
Appointed to positions in government
based on MERIT
 Fired corrupt officials
 Created the Napoleonic Code of Laws
Napoleonic Code or Civil Code
 Believed
this was his greatest
accomplishment
 Limited the freedom
individuals in favor of
centralized authority
 Restored slavery in the colonies
 Protected property
 Equality in law
 Denied women political and
economic rights
 Religious toleration
 Outlawed serfdom and
feudalism
Napoleon’s Changes to the Church
Napoleon crowns himself Emperor by taking the crown from the
Pope and crowning himself …
 What message does this send the Church?
Napoleon’s Changes to the Church
Concordat
 Agreement
with Pope Pius VII The Coronation of Napoleon
 Government recognized the
influence of the Church in
France but rejected church
control of national affairs
 Government would appoint
Bishops but the Bishops would
appoint the Priests
 Both remain on state payroll
Jacques-Louis David
 Helped Napoleon gain the
support of the French people
Napoleon’s Empire
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Saint Domingue Revolt (Haitian Revolution)
Slaves had rose up against the French during the
revolution and took control
 Napoleon decides he wants to regain control of the
colony and sends troops
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Slaves had the home field advantage
 Many French soldiers died of Yellow Fever
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Louisiana Purchase
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Without the island Napoleon didn’t need Louisiana to
produce food for the slaves and was willing to sell the
territory to the US to finance his European Wars
European Conquests
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Napoleon takes over Austrian Netherlands and
parts of Italy
Britain, Austria, and Sweden join the Third
Coalition against France and Napoleon
Napoleon proclaims the greatness of his army and
rides out to meet the challenge
 Battle of Trafalgar
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Only battle lost against the Coalition
 Naval defeat that destroyed the French fleet
 No way to cross the English Channel to invade Britain
without control of the Seas
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French Empire under Napoleon
Europe, 1810
Invasion of Russia
 Scorched-
Earth Policy
Retreating towards Moscow and burning
everything in their path
Did not allow Napoleon to use any Russia
supplies to feed army
 Defeated the Russians at Moscow only to be
defeated by the winter
Failed Invasion of Russia
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Red: Number of soldiers on the journey in
Black: Number of soldiers on the journey out
1millimeter = 10,000 men
Official Abdication (stepping down)
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Napoleon continued to fight on after Russia
European Coalition eventually march on Paris
April 1814 the Emperor officially gave up his
throne
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Given a small pension and exiled to Elba
Hundred Days
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Napoleon Escapes Elba and returns promising to return
to Revolutionary ideals
 Louis XVIII placed on the throne and tries to restore
absolute rule in the country
 Peasants and army openly welcome the return of
Napoleon
European forces (Britain+Prussia) again rise up to defeat
the threat
 Battle of Waterloo is the deciding battle where
Napoleon is once again defeated
Exile to St. Helena
Coalition exiles Napoleon to St. Helen thousands of miles away to
prevent another return
Congress of Vienna
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No one power/country should dominate.
Establish a new balance of power in
Europe which would prevent countries
invading one another within Europe
Return to "legitimate" or traditional
governments and monarchs and prevent
political revolutions
Policy of containing France
Discussion
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Was the French Revolution successful according
the Declaration of Rights of Man?
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Compare and contrast the leadership of
Napoleon Bonaparte and Louis XVI