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Italian Campaign (green)
- 1796
- Marked the new appearance of war
- first objective at the opening of the campaign was to separate the Austrian and Sardinian forces
- After three weeks, the Sardinians were forced to surrender to France
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Egyptian Campaign (red)
- 1798-1799
- Plan was to defend French trade
- Napoleon was eventually defeated, forced to withdraw
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Consulate (green)
- 1800
- French government established during French Revolution
- Helped put Napoleon in power
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Banque de France (green)
- January 1800
- Founded by Napoleon
- Created to restore financial confidence in France after the revolution
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Concordat of 1801 (yellow)
- July 15, 1801
- Wanted to heal the divisions with the Catholic Church
- Ended the breach caused by the church reforms and confiscations made law during the French Revolution
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Consul for Life (green)
- August 1802
- Napoleon proclaimed himself First Consul for Life
- A new constitution of his own devising legislated a succession to rule for his son
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Napoleonic Code (yellow)
- March 1804 (approved)
- Codified several branches of government, divided civil law into categories of property and family
- made authority of men stronger, deprived women of any individual rights
- laws were influential in many other European countries and in South America
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Napoleon Crowns Himself Emperor of France (green)
- 1804
- Norte Dame Cathedral in Paris
- first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years
- Pope Pius VII handed Napoleon the crown that he placed on his own head
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Battle of Trafalgar (yellow)
- 1805
- British fleet, led by Admiral Lord Nelson defeated Napoleon's fleet
- Although Napoleon was defeated, the admiral was still taken in, and killed in this battle
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Continental System (green)
- November 1806
- Goal was to isolate Britain and to promote Napoleon’s mastery over Europe
- Berlin decrees, “Order in Council,” and Milan decree
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Abolishing the Holy Roman Empire (green)
- formally dissolved on August 6, 1806
- last Holy Roman Emperor Francis II abdicated, following a military defeat by the French Army under Napoleon
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French Invasion of Russia (red)
- December 1812
- Napoleon led the Grande Armée in the invasion
- unprepared for their harsh winters, and they didn’t have enough supplies for such a long way
- By the end of the six months, he had lost more than 300,000 men
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Battle of Leipzig (red)
- October 1813
- decisive defeat for Napoleon, resulting in the destruction of what was left of French power in Germany and Poland
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Resistance in Spain (red)
- June 1813
- End of the Peninsular War; Napoleon invaded Spain
- 1813: British force under Arthur Wellesley launched an invasion on France, and penetrated France
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Abdication of Napoleon (red)
- 1814
- After being defeated at Leipzig, he stepped down from power
- Louis XVIII was the new King of France after this, but Napoleon returns again in March 1815
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Hundred Days (yellow)
- Between March 20, 1815 - July 8, 1815
- March 20: When Napoleon escaped his exile on Elba
- July 8: Return of Louis XVIII to Paris
- During this time, Napoleon made liberal changes to the Imperial Constitution
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Battle of Waterloo (red)
- June 18, 1815
- Marked Napoleon’s final defeat
- Four days later, he was finally abdicated, and exiled to St. Helena
- Defeated by the duke of Wellington; a forced retreat