Transcript Ch 20 Sec 3 and 4 Napoleon bonaparte blackline master

The RISE and FALL of …
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
CHILDHOOD AND RISE TO POWER
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Born August 15, 1769 in Corsica
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Sent to multiple military schools for training
Became an _______________________
Opportunities for Glory
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1793 – forces British troops out of French harbor of Toulon.
1794 – defeats Austrian troops in Italy
1795 – fends off an angry mob of royalists ________________________
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At 26 years of age, he is put in charge of defending the French interior
1796 – wins victories against Italians and Austrians
Defeat
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Attempts to disrupt trade between Britain and India, but loses
Battle of the Nile to Admiral Horatio Nelson of the British Navy
Napoleon _______________________________________
NAPOLEON SEIZES POWER
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Napoleon and his supporters take advantage of a weakened
Directory (____________________)
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Armed members of Napoleon’s supporters force a coup d’etat
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Government is turned over to Napoleon Nov. 1799
Consulate takes place of Directory
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This is a forced transfer of power
Napoleon is put in charge of 1st Consul
The structure of the republic was still in place, but Napoleon
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Napoleon becomes _______________
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Submits a plebiscite (question put before all voters) asking if
citizens of France wanted an empire; they say YES
_____ comes to crown Napoleon, but Napoleon
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THE ____________________
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Extension of wars fought between
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Napoleon loses at ___, wins on
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France becomes dominant
European power
Great Britain is ______________
Loses Battle of Trafalgar to Admiral
Nelson and British navy
Defeats Russian and Austrian troops
at Battle of Austerlitz near Vienna
Creates _____________________
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A ___________________________
NAPOLEONIC WARS CONT…
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 Portugal
refuses to follow Continental System
 Napoleon quickly conquers Spain; places brother
Joseph on Spanish throne
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Britain sends help to Spanish
threat comes from _________________
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of peasants use _________________ and ambush
French troops
 Now battling two military forces and the Spanish people,
Napoleon is forced to ______________________
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Napoleon dominates Europe through
____________________________ (page 612)
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Reform of Church-State Relations
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Economic reforms
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______________ (agreement with
pope) recognizes influence of Roman
Catholic Church in France
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Legal and Educational reforms
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Creates ________________________
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Makes laws _______________________
NAPOLEONIC CODE
PROS
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Made laws uniform
across the nation
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Established a
network of
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CONS
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Promotes order and
authority over
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censored for political
content
Denied rights for
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have total authority
over wives
NAPOLEON’S FALL – THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN
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Russian Czar Alexander I mobilizes troops in response
to the _____________________
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Napoleon wants to teach czar a lesson and mobilizes troops
east to move into Russia
June 1812 – Napoleon and 600,000 troops enter
Russia
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Soldiers were young recruits with little or no loyalty
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July heat causes _________________________
Peasant’s ___________________________________ for
advancing French army
THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN CONT…
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In August 1812, French finally
engage Russians
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True horror sets in with the
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Both sides experience great casualties
French march on to Moscow, but find a
deserted city in flames
No longer able to support his troops,
Napoleon orders the march home
French return through the burned
fields
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kill thousands of troops
Russian peasants attack
Napoleon’s army is decimated; only
94,000 troops return
DEFEAT AND DOUBLE EXILE
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Napoleon fights ___________________________upon
return and loses
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He is exiled to Elba, a small island of the coast off Italy, and
is forced to give up his throne
He retains ________________and is given a small pension
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Napoleon escapes after a year in exile and returns to France
to great cheering and loyalty from thousands of citizens and
great hatred from thousands more
The Hundred Days was a
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THE ____________________
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Final Showdown
between
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by the Duke of
Wellington
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Prussian troops arrived
to aid Britain
Napoleon was no match
for their combined
strength
Napoleon suffered a
crushing defeat
signaling
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NAPOLEON’S LEGACY
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Napoleon is captured and exiled to the island of Saint
Helena in the South Atlantic
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He dies in exile six years later at the age of 51
•Napoleon’s Legacy
•Made some basic ideas of the _____________ part of the French
government
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•Fueled the spread of _________________
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•Feelings of ______________ spread not only through France,
but also through peoples that Napoleon had conquered
THE END
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