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Napoleon conquered most of Northern Italy for France. -
Napoleon was defeated by the British navy who destroyed the French fleet. He abandoned his troops and went back to France to declare they won. -
Napoleon and his brother launched coup d’état on November 9th, 1799 and they appoint a senate. -
Napoleon created the bank to restore confidence in French banking system. The bank was partly founded with state funds. -
Napoleon wanted to heal divisions with the Catholic Church, but he only used this to prop up his regime. The churches lost land. -
Napoleon takes the title of Consul for Life and creates a legislation where his son will succeed him. -
Napoleon declares himself emperor. He crowned himself, which showed he owed his throne to none. -
This established religious toleration, abolition of feudalism, and equality of all citizens before the law. However, women lost most of their newly gained freedom and could not exercise the right of citizenship. -
The British established naval supremacy after crushing the French. Admiral Pierre de Villeneuve went up against Admiral Horatio Nelson -
Francis II abdicated after the French Army defeated them. Napoleon recognized empire as Confederation of the Rhine. -
Napoleon introduced reforms that sought to undermine the Spanish Catholic Church. Spaniards remained loyal to the king and they were devoted to the church. When Spain resisted, French responded with brutal repression. However, the Spanish used guerrilla warfare and ambushed the French. -
The Grand Amy invaded in 1812 with 600,000 soldiers and 50,000 horses. The Russians retreated eastward, burning crops and villages. The French were then left cold and hungry during winter. -
This was a decisive defeat for Napoleon, which resulted in destruction of what was left of French power in Poland and Germany. Even though they had 320,000 allied troops, they still lost. -
After falling from power, Napoleon abdicated the throne and Louis XVIII was crowned king. However, Louis XVIII was a terrible king and there as an economic depression. -
This closed European ports to British goods and also triggered the War of 1812. This failed to bring Britain to their knees. -
Napoleon arrived in Paris after escaping exile on Elba. He returned to power and gained military support. After loosing Waterloo, he abdicated a second time. -
Armies met at Waterloo in Belgium. The Duke of Wellington and General Blücher crushed Napoleon and he was forced into exile again on Saint Helena and he never returned.