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Hoping to disrupt British trade with Indian, he led an expedition to Egypt in 1798. The Egyptian campiagn proved to be a disaster, but Napoleon managed to hide stories of the worst losses from his admirers in France. -
At the time since there was no king the consulate was the highest power that was able to offered and at the time there where only three consuls, Napoleon who wielded all real power, while the other two, Emanuel-Joseph Sieyès and Pierre-Roger Ducks were only figure heads. -
This was established by Napoleon to rebuild the French empior after the revolution period. -
This campaign was a series of conflicts between the French revolutionary armed and Austria, Russia, Piedmont-Sardinia, and a number of Italian states. -
This kept the Church under state control but recognized religious freedom for Catholics. -
After overthrowing the weak Directory and set up a three-man governing board known as the Consulate in 1799. Then in 1802 he declared himself as Consul for Life. -
Two years after declareing himself as the consul for life, he had enough power to assume the title of Emperor of the French. -
This code embodied Enlightenment principles such as equality of all citizens before the law, religious tolerance, and abolition of feudalism. It also undid some reforms of the French Revolution. Woman lost newly gained rights and could not exercise the rights of citizenship. -
A naval battle between the British royal fleet and the combined fleet of French and Spain. -
As Napoleon gained more and more power he claimed more allies and was able to overthrow the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 -
This system waged economic warfare, which closed European ports to British goods. -
Napoleon continued his pursuit of European domination and invaded Russia. This campaign began a chain of events that eventually led to his downfall. -
This was a battle between France against Austria, Russia, and Prussia. Which ended in a French loss of territory control east off the Rhine. -
Resistance to foreign rule bled French-occupying forces dry in Spain. Napoleon introduced reforms that sought to undermine the Spanish Catholic Church. But many Spaniards remained loyal to their former king and devoted to the Church. When the Spanish resisted the invaders, well-armed French forces responded with brutal repression -
Napoleon stepped down from power. The victors exiled him to Elba, an island in the Mediterranean. They then recognized Luis XVIII, brother of Luis XVI, as king. -
These where the days after Napoleons escape from exile and people where happy for his arrival. -
Opposing armies met near the town of water loo in Belgium. British forces under the Duke of Wellington and a Prussian army commanded by General Blücher crushed the French in an agonizing day-long battle.