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Loss in american Territory
In 1789, when the ideas of the Revolution reached
the planters in Saint Domingue, they demanded that the National Assembly give them the same privileges as the people of France -
The Hundred Days
Louis XVI’s brother assumed the throne as Louis XVIII. (The
executed king’s son, Louis XVII, had died in prison in 1795.) -
Coup D’état
Napoleon Bonaparte staged a Coup D’état in 1799 which over threw the current government and made him the dictator of france -
Concordat
The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII to reestablish the Roman Catholic Church -
Napoleon Crowning himself as Emperor
On the 2nd of December 1804 Napoleon crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris. -
The Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code is the French civil code established under Napoléon I in 1804. -
Conquering Europe
Having abandoned his imperial ambitions
in the New World, Napoleon turned his attention to Europe. -
Continental System
In November 1806, Napoleon set up a blockade to prevent all trade and communication between Great
Britain and other European nations -
Invasion of Russia
Napoleon’s most disastrous mistake of all came in 1812.
Even though Alexander I had become Napoleon’s ally, the Russian czar refused to stop selling grain to Britain -
Waterloo
Led by the Duke of Wellington, prepared for battle near the village of Waterloo in Belgium. On June 18, 1815, Napoleon attacked.
