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• Napoleon Week!

• Please get a chart from the front of theroom

HW: Use Chapter 7, Sec. 3 and 4 to add to your Chart.

Make your chart as complete as possible! 

What should Ms. Caramagno be for Halloween? Please vote for your favorite:

Pirate Medieval Princess Turkish Belly Dancer

Devil Jawa from Star Wars Jane Austen

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All these quotes are from the same person. What do theytell you about him? Make a list on Pg. 32A

“Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow

anyone to take her away from me.” 

“There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long

run the sword is always beaten by the mind."

“Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.” 

"He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long."

“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”  “Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are

silent.” 

“History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree

upon”. 

“I know when it is necessary, how to leave the skin of lion to take one of fox.” 

“A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.” 

“A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.” 

“Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.” 

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The Rise andFall of

Napoleon’sEmpire

How does thisPicture reflect theinformation yougathered from thequotes?

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How about these two Pictures?

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Church Representatives

Empress Josephine

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For Each Slide…. 

• For each slide, add information to your

chart. Make sure you put things in thecorrect category!

• As you go put a P next to things that arePolitical, an S next to things that are Socialand an E next to things that are Economic.

• Don’t do the Questions yet! 

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Napoleon was born here,on the Island of Corsica

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I. Napoleon Seizes Power• 1769 – Born on Corsica

• Military school in France on Scholarship

• Saved National Convention, by firing shot ata mob come to get them

• Directory sent him into Italy- Success!

• Egypt- while there he practices

administration, but loses to Nelson• Returns to France as the Hero of Egypt (the

news he lost is slower to arrive.)

• 1799 – dissolved Directory, seized power

with friends Sieyes and Ducos and they threebecome consuls to run the government

• Later, even more popular, he declareshimself the one leader of France

• He takes on the Powers of a Dictator

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II. Napoleon Rules France

• Plebiscite (public vote) approved new

constitution – Napoleon stronger• He repair the economy – fixed tax

collection, established a national bank,fired the corrupt

• Lycees – started government run publicschools, rewards based on merit

• Concordat – repairs the relationship withChurch, He will claim influence but no

control• Establishes the Napoleonic Code – A

system of laws that were uniform buteliminated individual rights, and restored

slavery in Caribbean

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III. Napoleon Creates an Empire• 1804 – crowned himself Emperor

• Wanted territory in New World, couldn’t

overcome slave armies in Haiti and soldthe Louisiana Purchase to the USA

• Wanted to expand in Europe, othernations attacked & were defeated,

signed peace treaties• Austerlitz is his finest battle. He crushes

the Russians and Austrians both

• Battle of Trafalgar – England’s Nelson

destroyed the French fleet, Napoleonwouldn’t be able to invade Britain 

• Most of continental Europe in his controlby 1812

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• Disaster drill at the end of the period.

• Do I have a volunteer to take the First Aid kit to the

evacuation spot on the Football Field?• Do I have a volunteer to lead the class if I am

prevented from evacuating because of Rubble?

• Do I have a volunteer to assist my Buddy Ms.

Forster if I have to stay with an injured student orcan’t get out of the rubble? 

• Also, get out your Napoleon Work!

Test on the Enlightenment, American and FrenchRevolutions Tuesday, Nov. 4th.

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Army vs. Navy

Nelson

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Battles of Napoleon

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The Greatest Extent of Napoleon’s Empire! 

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IV. Napoleon’s Costly Mistakes A) Continental System – blockade

against Great Britain, destroy

economy, make continentalEurope more self-sufficient,Britain did it better… 

B) Peninsular War – Frenchmarched into Spain, took overgovt., Spanish guerrilla forcesattacked, French army severelyweakened

C) Napoleon establishes his

relatives as kings in thecountries he conquers. Thesepeople are not competent rulers.The citizens of these countries

revolt.

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D) Invasion of Russia – Meant to punish Czar forselling grain to England.

1812- 600,000 + Frenchsoldiers invade Russia

Russians pull back andrefuse to fight, practicescorched-earth policy,and burn Moscow down.

Napoleon marched back to

France in winter, lost hisarmy to the cold. 20,000walk out… 

“Swallows fell from the sky like stones, frozen in

flight in the bitter cold…” 

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V. Napoleon’s Downfall • Major powers attacked:

England and Prussia

• 1814 – Napoleonsurrendered at Liepzig,exiled to island of Elba

• New king unpopular,Napoleon escaped Elba,

returns to France a Herofor 100 days and built anew army in 1815

• Battle of Waterloo – Napoleon defeated bycombined forces ofRussia, Prussia, AustriaSweden and England

• St. Helena – Exiled untilhis death in 1821

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Now that you have these notes… 

• Go back through your entries and label

each event:

 – P for Political

 – S for Social

 – E for economic

• Also, Can you identify any of Napoleon’s

Actions as Reactionary, Conservative,

Liberal or Radical? Explain… 

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Find two people to work with and look at thequestions at the bottom of your chartpaper. Can you answer them with the

information in your notes and on yourchart?

Decide what your best answer is as a groupand write that on the back of your chart

paper. 1. What do you think was Napoleon’s legacy toFrance? That is, what do you think happenedduring his control that had a lasting effect onFrance?

2. How did Napoleon preserve the goals of theFrench Revolution?

3. What other things did Napoleon do to betraythe goals of the French Revolution?

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Video on Napoleon!

• This video will help you make connections

between the French Revolution andNapoleon.

• Look at the Video Questions. How manycan you answer right now?

• As you watch, fill in the answers.

• First we will look at some vocabulary…. 

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• Abdicate- To formally relinquish/give

up ruling power.

• Armistice- Temporary end tohostilities and fighting by agreementbetween the opposing sides.

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• Artillery- A branch of an armyarmed with cannons.

• Coup- French for “to cut”, the

violent overthrow of an existing

government leader by a smallgroup.

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• Guillotine- A machinefor beheading bymeans of a heavy

blade that slides downin vertical guides.

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Happy Halloween!

• Get out your Napoleon Movie Questionsand start working on Question 10.

• Autocratic- Rule by one person with all

the power• Democratic- Rule by all the people,

usually by voting for a representative torule them

• Which of Napoleon’s actions wereAutocratic? Which were Democratic?You may use your notes to get more

ideas…. 

N l Q t A i t

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In your group-Instructions: 

1. Read the quote.2. Circle the parts that are “autocratic”. 3. Underline the parts that are “democratic.” 4. According to the information in this quote, is NapoleonDemocratic or Autocratic?

5. On the continuum, place a mark where you think Napoleonbelongs.

Autocratic Democratic

5. Be ready to EXPLAIN why you put the mark where you did.Write your explanation on the bottom of the instruction paper.You will explain it to the class.

Napoleon Quotes Assignment

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Test Review Game… 

• In A Vindication of the Rights of Women,

this political thinker presented anargument for the education of women. She

also declared that women should have thesame political rights as men.

A. Mary Wollstonecraft

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• This philosopher's ideas greatly influenced

criminal law reformers in Europe andNorth America. He argued against the use

of torture and other common abuses of justice.

A. Cesar Beccaria

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• This aristocratic philosopher was devoted to thestudy of political liberty. In his famous book Onthe Spirit of the Laws, he proposed that

separation of powers would keep any individualor group from gaining total control of agovernment.

A. Montesquieu

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• This philosopher strongly disagreed with otherphilosophers on a number of matters. Forinstance, although most philosophers believed

that reason, science, and art improve the lives ofall people, he argued that civilization corruptspeople's natural goodness.

A. J. J. Rousseau

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• This philosopher's masterful use of satire gothim into frequent trouble with the clergy, thearistocracy, and the government of France.Despite serving two prison terms and being

exiled, he never stopped fighting for tolerance,reason, freedom of religion, and freedom ofspeech.

A. Voltaire

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• This political thinker felt that people arereasonable beings. He supported self-government and argued that the purpose ofgovernment is to protect the natural rights (Life,

Liberty and Property) of people. If governmentfails to protect these natural rights, he said,citizens have the right to overthrow it.

A. John Locke

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• This political thinker believed that all humans arenaturally selfish and wicked. He argued,therefore, that strong governments arenecessary to control human behavior. To avoid

chaos, he said, people enter into a socialcontract. They give up their rights in exchangefor law and order.

A. Thomas Hobbes

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• What Order did these events occur in?

the repeal of the Stamp Act

the adoption of the Bill of Rightsthe end of the French and Indian War

the calling of the Second Continental Congress

A.the end of the French and Indian Warthe repeal of the Stamp Actthe calling of the Second Continental Congress

the adoption of the Bill of Rights

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• Who wrote the Declaration ofIndependence?

A. Thomas Jefferson

• Who’s ideas are featured the most heavily

in the Declaration of Independence?

A. John Locke

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• The Bill of Rights was based on ideas by

which Enlightenment Philosophers?

A. Voltaire, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau.

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• What happened on July 14th?

A. The Storming of the Bastille

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• Which Estate in French society most

strongly embraced the ideals andprinciples of the Enlightenment?

A. 3rd Estate

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• Which group ran the Reign of Terror?

A. The Committee for Public Safety

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• Who Paid Taxes in France before the

Revolution?

A. 3rd Estate

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• What is a Social Contract?

A. The philosophical idea that people are willing togive up some individual freedoms in the interests.