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Italian campaign (green)
Napoleon led 38,000 soldiers into Italy. The Austrians had around 70,000 soldiers compared to them. However after 2 weeks napoleons army killed most of the soldiers during a lighting war tactic. On April 26, the Russians surrendered. -
Egyptian campaign (red)
Napoleon was looking to destroy British trade routes so he created a ‘fleet’ and captured Maltas port. Continuing, he landed in Egypt and captured multiple more places. Eventually the British admiral Horatio Nelson caught them. Napoleon and his army were trapped. -
Banque de France (green)
The bank of France was a bank Napoleon helped create. He wanted to help the economy recover because of the recession that happened just before. It helped promote the business of the economy. -
Concordat of 1801 (yellow)
The concordat was an agreement between Napoleon and pope pius VII. It was an act that helped define the Catholic Church, and helped end the destruction caused by the church. Napoleon believed if he signed this agreement ir would help France with their settlement. -
Consul for life (green)
The consul of life was an oath Napoleon took before coming consulate. The oath states “ I swear to maintain The constitution, to respect liberty of conscience, to oppose a return to feudal institutions, never to make a war except for the defense and glory of the republic, and to employ the authority with which I shall be invested only for the good of the people, from whom and for whom I shall receive it.” -
Consulate (green)
The consulate was the highest up in the French government. Napoleon made himself consulate, until he abolished it and named himself emperor. -
Napoleonic code (green)
The napolenic codes were enacted on March 21, 1804. These codes were made to make families stronger, deprived women of rights, and got rid of the eights of illegal children. The three main principles were “civil liberty, equality, and secular character of the state.” -
Declared self emperor (green)
Napoleon wanted to show his power so during his coronation he crowned himself. The pope handed him the crown and Napoleon himself put it on his head. -
Battle of trafalgar (red)
The battle of trafalgar established British naval supremacy. However it also got rid of napoleons ideas to invade England. The battle started October 21 1805. This war was fought between cape trafalgar in Spain. There was a total of 33 ships, 18 were French, the rest were Spanish. The leader (Nelson) won the war, but lost his life during it. The British had around 1500 casualties but they didn’t lose any ships. -
Abolished Holy Roman Empire (green)
Napoleon wanted to reform the Holy Roman Empire into the confederation of the Rhine. Napoleon abolished the empire because it didn’t have a good army, a treasury, or monarch’s. -
Continental system (red)
Napoleon attempted to stop Great Britain in the battle, by putting up a blockade. This blockade stated that “neutrals and French allies were not to trade with the British.” This hurt industries in England and led to multiple protests for unemployment. This attempt provoked them, and the counter blockade was produced. It was an overall failure for Napoleon. -
Resistance in Spain (yellow)
On February 16, Napoleon invaded Spain. The effect of this was the beginning of the peninsular war. This was fought in between France and europe. The French captured pamploma and Barcelona. Eventually this led to napoleons brother being claimed as king, which led to huge revolts around the peninsula. The war ended near October 1813, but officially ended on April 1814 when Napoleon was soon to get abdicated. -
Invasion of Russia (red)
Napoleon tried to start a battle by invading Russia. However this did not go to plan as the Russians refused to go to battle with them. This resulted in 400,000 deaths of French soldiers because of weather, and food shortages. -
Battle of nations at Leipzig (red)
Russians, Russians, Austrians, and Swedes bought together in a battle against Napoleon and his troops. Napoleon was outnumbered by almost 100,000 soldiers. The defeat was clearly indicated as most all of his troops died. This led to the abdication of Napoleon. -
Abdication (red)
Through a long battle of multiple defeat for Napoleon he was forced out of his throne. When he heard that Paris capitulated he had no choice but to give up the throne. He continued on with this title of emperor, and was given 2 million francs and was supported financially by the French men. He was to get assassinated but he escaped and arrived at a new place called Elba. -
Hundred days (red)
The hundred days began on March 20 1815 and ended on July 8 1815. This happened less than a year after napoleons abdication. The hundred days was a series of events that Napoleon continued to do before he died. -
Waterloo (red)
Waterloo was a battle that continued on for 23 years. The British and the Prussians (duke of Wellington) finally defeated Napoleon. There was a total of 50,000 casualties.