Napoleon Bonaparte

Unit 3, Chapter 18, Section 3

6.3.1

Europe - 1789

• Compare the size of France here to the next maps

War, Huh, Good God Y’all

• Napoleon is a great General

• Selected to invade…– ENGLAND

• Instead volunteers to take Egypt

• Ultimately unsuccessful

Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way

• Overthrows French Government, proclaims himself “first consul”

• 1802 – Crowns himself Emperor Napoleon I

Napoleon at home

• Makes peace with Catholic Church

• Simplifies and codifies law in France

• Develops a bureaucracy of capable officials

Napoleon’s dominance

• Conquers or makes allies with almost all of Europe

• Could never conquer England– Sea invasion? – England’s navy too strong– Cut off supplies from other countries? – Too

many, too well defended

Europe - 1812

• Note the size of France, its allies, and its holdings

The Fall of Napoleon

• England was too strong• Other countries united in their hatred of invading

French• Sells French holdings in United States for

approximately 3 cents an acre or $15,000,000 total– Today known as the Louisiana Purchase

• Too hard to defend• United States threatening to make an alliance

with England

Louisiana Purchase - Red

Russia - 1812

• Napoleon invades Russia• Russia retreats

– And retreats– And retreats– They burn everything along

the way, leaving the French with no supplies

• France eventually retreats

• Other nations attack Napoleon, eventually exiling him to Elba– 40,000 return to France– 600,000 started

The Return and Re-Fall of Napoleon

• Napoleon returns to Paris and is welcomed by the people

• Raises another army, intends to attack England

• Waterloo – 1815: Defeated by English and Prussian forces

• Exiled to St. Helena in 1815, dies in 1821

Europe – 1815 (After Napoleon)

• Note the reduction of size of France and its empire