1. Chapter 7 Section 3 Napoleon Forges an Empire

2. Napoleon Bonaparte 5 foot 3 inches tall One of the world’s greatest military geniuses In four years goes from obscure officer to master of France.

3. Napoleon Seizes Power • Napoleon Bonaparte • Born in 1769 in Corsica • Went to military school at 9 yrs. old • 16 finishes school and is a lieutenant • Hero of the Hour • October of 1795, Royalist march on National Convention, they ask Napoleon to defend the delegates • Manages to scatter the crowd and is hailed through Paris as a hero of the French Republic • 1796 Leads and wins a series of victories in Italy, and fights in Egypt and is a Hero to the French people

5. Napoleon Seizes Power • Coup d’Etat • 1799 directory losing control. • November- Napoleon’s troops surround the National Legislature and drive out most of the members • The rest vote to dissolve the Directory and have a group of 3 consuls. • Napoleon is 1st consul and is basically a dictator. • Coup d'état-a sudden seizure of power. “blow to the state” • Napoleon makes treaties with Austria, Britain, and Russia by 1802 • Europe at peace for the first time in ten years

6. Napoleon Rules France • Plebiscite-a vote of the people • Napoleon has people vote on a new constitution that makes him leader • People want stable government so they vote him in. • Restoring order at home • Economy- efficient tax system and national banking. • Efficiency- Got rid of corrupt officials • Education- Set up lycees- government run public schools • Religion- concordat- agreement. Signed one with the Pope. Separated the church and state

7. Napoleon Rules France • Napoleonic Code • A comprehensive set of laws that gave the country a uniform system and eliminated may injustices. • It limited liberty and promoted order and authority over individual rights. • New nobility based on service, not birth • Napoleon Crowned as Emperor • 1804 Napoleon wants to be Emperor and the people vote in his favor • December 1804 Napoleon crowned Emperor by the Pope in Notre Dame • Places the crown on his own head to show he is more powerful than the church

10. Napoleon Creates an Empire • Napoleon wanted to rule the world • Loss of American territories • 1789 Revolution makes it to Saint Dominge • Planters and eventually enslaved Africans demand for their rights and civil war breaks out • Napoleon tries to take back the island but disease kills the French Forces and the rebels are good fighters • Napoleon decides to cut his losses in the Americas and sells the Louisiana Territory to the U.S. • 1. Money for Fighting in Europe • 2. “assures forever the power of the United States. And I have given England a rival who, sooner or later, will humble her pride.”

11. Napoleon Forges an Empire • Conquering Europe • Annexed the Austrian Netherlands, parts of Italy, and set up a puppet government in Switzerland • Wanted to expand further • Scared, Britain Russia, Austria and Sweden join together against France • Napoleon does really well • Only enemy undefeated was Britain (Naval Power)

12. Napoleon Forges an Empire • The Battle of Trafalgar • Only major battle lost by the French • Naval battle off the coast of Spain • Britain was very superior in Sea won • This forced Napoleon to give up on invading Britain and ensured the supremacy of the British navy.

14. Napoleon Forges an Empire • The French Empire • By 1812 the only areas NOT under Napoleon's control are Britain, Portugal, Sweden, and the Ottoman Empire • Only maintained at full extend for 5 years. 1807-1812 • Collapse caused partially because of Napoleon’s Actions