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Coup d'etat
This was a self revolution in which Louis Napoleon put himself in power. He put an end to the national assembly. Faced with the fact that he would have to leave office, he staged a Coup D'etat so he could enact his reform policy. 10 years later, Napoleon Bonaparte III took office. -
Concordat
The Concordat was an agreement between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon. It remained in effect for over 100 years. It said that the Catholic church was allowed back in france, but the power was still heavily tilted in Napoleon's favor. The Church did not restore the majority of land it once held, nor did it install many catholic churches across France. -
Lost american Territories
In order to fund his conquest into Europe, Napoleon sold 800,000 Square Miles of land for 15 million dollars. Thomas Jefferson was president at the time, and bought the land area bigger than the United States they lived in. This more than Doubled the USA's land size, and also helped Napoleon. -
Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic codes did not let anyone have privileges based on birth, instead it said they can have freedom of religion. This became a heavy influence over Europe during the Napoleonic wars, in particular the Americas -
Coronation of Napoleon
Napoleon was crowned Emperor in Notre Dame. Napoleon used ths as more of Propaganda than a coronation ceremony. He made it unlike past kings crownings, by asking that the pope crown him. Once the pope agreed, the ceremony was ready. However, instead of letting the Pope crown him, he took the crown from Pope Pius and crowned himself. He was saying no one was above him. -
Conquering Of Europe
The Napoleonic Wars started after the French Revolution ended and Napoleon became powerful in France. War began between the United Kingdom and France in 1803. This happened when the Treaty of Amiens ended in 1802. These wars changed European armies and artillery. The French became powerful very fast, and conquered most of Europe. But then the French lost. They invaded Russia, which failed. The battle of Waterloo was his ultimate downfall, fought in the netherlands. -
Continental System
Napoleon, trying to defeat Great Britain's economy, stopped trading with them. After he realized it didn't work because most trade was going through spain and russia, and seeing it only caused his country troubles, he invaded spain and russia. His forces were tied down in Spain, but he invaded Russia at the same time, which didn't work and he ended up retreating from Russia. -
Scorched Earth Policy
Napoleon expected a short war when he invaded Russia. Alexander (The King) adopted a clever strategy, instead of facing Napoleon's forces, he kept retreating every time Napoleon's forces attacked. He had brought few supplies. The desperate Russians, however, adopted a scorched-earth policy: whenever they retreated, they burned the places they left behind. Napoleon's army had trouble finding supplies, and it grew progressively weaker the farther it marched. -
The hundred Days
This was the one hundred days between Napoleon's return and re-rise to power, and the restoration of King Louis. This campaign included a couple of wars and many deaths -
The Battle of Waterloo
A battle fought between the French and British armies. After Napoleon was crowned, he launched many successful attacks on other countries in Europe. France ended up having an empire that stretched from Spain to the Russian border. The only country that was still not captured was Great Britain, due to their many ships. The Royal Navy had many ships, so invasion by France was not possible. Yet Napoleon still tried, and lost horribly. -
Napoleons Accomplishments
-Brought Brief Stability to France
-He reinstated the catholic church
-He allowed Freedom of religion
-He said it was illegal to receive privileges through birth
-He instated only the most qualified people for the government
-He re-built the French Army
-He won many battles for France
-France had many enemies
-He passed the constitution of France.
