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Italian Campaign🟢
The Italian campaigns lasted from 1792 until 1802. It was mainly in Northern Italy and it was between the French Revolutionary Army and a coalition of Austria, Russia, and other Italian states. Napoleon participated in the campaign of 1796-1797 which brought him fame -
Egyptian Campaign🟡
Napoleon led an exhibition to Egypt to disrupt the British trade with India. Although he lost, he hide the fact from his supporters. -
Consulate🟢
Napoleon helped overthrow the Directory and set up the consulate. He was one of the three consuls naming himself first consul.
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Banque de France🟢
Napoleon created this bank to help with France’s economy. It was successful at first but it later failed -
Concordat of 1801🟢
Napoleon made peace with the church in the concordat of 1801. This would be to keep the church under the state’s control but also allow religious freedom for Catholics. -
Consul for life🟢
Napoleon named himself consul for life in 1802 after writing the new constitution. -
Napoleonic Code 🟢
The Napoleonic code was a new set of laws made by Napoleon. Some of these laws had enlightenment principles like equality for all and religious tolerance. -
Declared self Emperor🟢
Napoleon had enough power to name himself emperor. He thought emperor was a better name for himself instead of King because it showed more power and they were rarer. He invited the pope to the coronation but took the crown from the pope’s hand and crowned himself. -
Battle of Trafalgar 🔴
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval battle between the British Navy and a combined fleet of the French and Spanish. This took place during the War of the Third Coalition.
This battle was a big loss for napoleon and the French. They lost 22 ships while the British lost none. -
Abolished Holy Roman Empire🟡
The Roman Empire fell when Emperor Francis II abdicated. He created a 38 member Confederation of the Rhine. This helped him gain some support but also ended up back firing. -
Continental System🟡
Napoleon wanted to invade England but lost the Battle of Trafalger. After this he decided to attack Britain’s economy through the Continental System. The Continental System closed ports to British goods. This ruined Europe’s economy as a whole and triggered the 1812 war with America and Britain. -
Resistance in Spain🔴
Napoleon introduced reforms that undermined the Spanish Catholic Church. The Spaniards did not like this because many were devoted to it. The Spanish resisted them but the French responded harshly. The Spanish used guerilla warfare and did hit and run raids against the French. T
This was bad for Napoleon because it exhausted resources and soldiers. This lasted until 1814. -
Invasion of Russia 🔴
The Tsar withdrew his support for the Continental System so Napoleon formed an army of 600000. The Russians avoided battles with the army and burned crops and villages to starve the huge army. He reached Moscow in September but realized he wouldn’t be able to make it through the winter so he retreated. While retreating the Russians attacked them several times and only 20000 of the 600000 lived.
This was a crushing defeat for Napoleon. -
Battle of Nations at Leipzig 🔴
Russia, Britain, Austria, and Prussia all formed an alliance to take down an already weakened France. The Battle of nations was fought at Leipzig from October 16 to 19 of 1813. The alliance defeated Napoleon. -
Brief Abdication🟡
After the defeat in The Battle of Nations, Napoleon abdicated and was exiled to Elba. The French people crowned Louis XVIII as new king. Many people didn’t want the old ways to return and they started to support Napoleon again. Napoleon escaped and returned to power. -
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Hundred days 🟢
This was the time Napoleon had returned to power. This was good for him because he had his power back. -
Hundred Days
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Waterloo🔴🔴
The allies and Napoleon’s armies met in Waterloo, Belgium. The British and Prussian alliance destroyed Napoleon’s army.
This was the final blow to get rid of Napoleon.