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Napoleon Invades Italy
Napoleon chosen to lead french troops into italy; french defeated austrians; france acquired belgium; France acquired art treasures from italy. -
Egypt
); Napoleon sailed for egypt where british troops were stationed; He won a great land victory; britsh fleet destroyed france fleet; french succeeded in establishing the influence in egypt; soldiers accompanying napoleon discovered the Rosetta Stone -
the Consulate
napoleon set up a new government called the consulate; placed himslef at the head of it; took the title of first consule -
Austria
napoleon led french forces to victory over austria -
Peace Treaty Wtih Great Britian
arranged a peace treaty with Great Britian -
first consul
Napoleon brought peace and order and was very popular; Napoleon asked the people to elect him first consul for life; they did so in a plebiscite -
Britian Declares War on France
great britian declared war on france; great britian and its allies could not defeat napoleon -
emperor
French made napoleon emperor; Coronation was held in the Notre Dame Cahedral; the pope came from rome for the crowning. Napoleon took the crown from the popes hands and crowned himself. -
Napoleon crowned himself king of Italy
Napoleon crowned himself king of Italy -
Confederation of the Rhine
he formed the confederation of the Rhine, which were a group of conquered German states -
invaded spain and portugal
invaded spain and portugal -
Papel States, Pope in prison
made papal states part of france; put the pope in prison -
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Great Britian
forbade the countries in his empire to to trade with great britian; it was hard to enforce and unsuccessful -
Moscow
napoleon reached Moscow in September; city caught fire and 75% was destroyed; napoleon sent peace proposals to the Russians which were ignored -
French Freeze
hundreds of thousands froze to death; temperatures fell to 40 degrees below zero; thousands more dies from disease and lack of food. -
Invaded Russia
); napoleon decided to take on Russia; organized grand army of 600,000 of different nationalities; largest army the world had yet seen; grand army invaded russia; Russians fought only one fight; they retreated, drawing the French deeper into Russia; as Russians retreated they burned villages and food supplies; advancing French were left with nothing; tactic is called scorched earth policy; -
Allies Join Together
Napoleon raised a new poorly trained army; defeated by Austria, Russia, Prussia, and Great britian; first time the four countries had joined together to fight napoleon; -
Allies take Paris
allies took paris; napoleon was forced to abdicate, or give up the throne; sent to exile at Elba; he managed to escape; he gathered enough troops to invade france; Napoleon regained as emeror -
Waterloo
the allies defeated napoleon at the battle of waterloo -
death
died off the west coast of africa
