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In part to replace the inability to storm the British mainland as well as to expand French trade, Napoleon led troops to take Egypt and other parts of the Middle East. -
The Directory was overthrown and replaced by the Consulate, France’s new government. -
Napoleon established an official bank in Paris to manage state debts and issuing notes. -
Starting during the French revolutionary wars, French had invaded a number of Italian states. They won with the signing of the treaty of Luneville, and this caused territorial changes. -
An agreement between Napoleon and the papal/clerical representatives to define the status of the Roman Catholic Church in France. -
Napoleon proclaimed a new constitution that enabled him to make many changes, as well as allow his son to take the title of emperor after he dies. -
A Civil Code established by the French that states that all men are given equal rights. However, it also reintroduced colonial slavery. -
Napoleon named himself Emperor of France in the Notre Dame cathedral. Instead of letting the pope place the crown on his head, he did it himself. -
During the third coalition, the French—combined with the Spanish—naval fleet battled the Royal British Navy off of the coast of Trafalgar. The British won. -
After France defeated his army, Holy Roman Emperor Francis II abdicated. This left Napoleon in charge to reorganize the Empire. -
Napoleon put this foreign policy in place to keep the United Kingdom from trading with the main continent. -
When Napoleon went to conquer Spain, he was met by an unwilling group. This started the Peninsular War, or—as the Spanish called it—the War of Independence. -
Napoleon began this campaign to force Russia back into the continental blockade of the UK. He ended up losing almost half a million men when Russia eventually chased them out. -
France was defeated at Leipzig, this led Napoleon to abdicate. -
Due to enemies occupying France, Napoleon was pressured to give up his rule over France. -
Also known as the war of the 7th coalition, the 100 days were the time that Napoleon spent returning to Paris from exile of the island of Elba. -
The French forces met the British army (led by the Duke of Wellington) in Waterloo for battle as Napoleon’s final effort. The French lost. After this, Napoleon was sent to St. Helena Island to live the rest of his life.