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Napoleon set on a quest to take over Northern Italy for France. He succeeded in taking over this region. -
Napoleon was defeated by the British Navy under Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile. Napoleon abandons his troops in Egypt. He returned to France claiming that they won the battle and had a hero’s welcome. -
The consulate was a three man governing board set up by Napoleon in place of the Directory. The Consulate created a new Constitution. -
Napoleon established the bank of France. This changed the entire French economic system by redirecting all of the funds to one bank. -
Napoleon created the concordat to make peace with the Catholic Church and keep it under sate control. He tried to use this to prop up his regime. The Pope eventually renounced the Concordat and Napoleon placed him under house arrest. -
Napoleon wanted to be considers the first and only consul for as long as he lived. This came about after he took back the Louisiana territory from Spain. -
Napoleon created this code or help reform the French Legal Code. He changes it so that it would reflect the French Revolution. At the same time thus did also undid some Revolutionary reforms such as rights for women. -
Napoleon wanted his rule to make a mark unlike a king’s rule. During his coronation he took the crown from the Pope and crowned himself emperor. -
The Continental System was when European ports were closed to British goods and British ports were closed to European Goods after the Battle or Trafalgar. -
British Admiral Horato Nelson crushed the French fleet. This battle led to economic warfare through the continental system. -
The abolishment of the Holy Roman Empire caused Napoleon to create the Confederation of the Rhine. -
The Spanish resist foreign rule and remained loyal to their king. This sparked the Guerilla Warfare (hit and run raids against France) which caused French soldiers to be stuck in Spain. -
When Napoleon went to invade Russia, the Russians knew that they couldn’t defeat the French. This caused them to burn crops and villages as they retreated, so the French couldn’t survive the harsh Russian winters with no food and shelter. The French then had to retreat from Moscow. -
Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Sweden came together to defeat Napoleon. This caused the destruction of French power in Europe. This is when Napoleon is definitively defeated. -
The Hundred Days was the period from Napoleon’s escape from exile to Louis XVIII’s return to rule. The Hundred Days described Napoleon’s short lived time back from exile. -
Napoleon is crushed by the Prussian army at Waterloo. After this defeat Napoleon is sent to exile on St. Helene. -
After the Battle of Waterloo Napoleon was forced to give up the French throne.