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The Coup D'état was a sudden government overthrow. It was very violent to abolish the directory the French established during the revolution. After the Coup D'état, the French and Napoleon established a Consulate Government with three consuls. Napoleon being one of them. The Coup D'état was a political accomplishment because of the change in government. The overthrow of the corruption from the directory, changed almost all of the bad things that the directory brought to the French.
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The Battle of Marengo is what secured Napoleon's spot as the first consul. This battle was very significant in the Napoleonic Era because it forced the Austrians out of Italy. Napoleon's army divided the Austrians and their supply lines so that the Austrians would have to be forced to fight Napoleon's army, or surrender most of Italy. This was a military achievement because the army had conquered land and taken over Italy. This is just the start of Napoleon's Empire.
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The Concordat signed by Pope Pius XVII and Napoleon was an agreement that signified the ending of the breach between the Roman Catholic Church and France, that was created during the Revolution. This made sure that any anti-religious policies that were created during the revolution were abolished. So the people of France were free to practice Catholicism. This was a Social Reform because it benefited the people who practiced Catholicism and were worried about getting in trouble.
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The Louisiana Purchase was a major economic achievement during the Napoleonic Era. France sold 828,000 acres of land, nearly doubled the size of the U.S. for less that 3 cents per acre. It made France over 15 million dollars to fund his army and eventually expand his empire. The money that France made from the purchase was funded first to fight the Great French War which he was losing. The British was winning the war and he needed to take back the lead.
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Napoleon was the first of three consuls in the consulate government. He brought peace with the Catholic Church and established a Civil Code. The Civil Code was agreement between the French people that they would be equal, and it set up a series of laws that the French would follow. This is a Social reform because it brought order and stability to France, and freedom to the people. It allowed people to work through their talents and not through social class.
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The Coronation was one of the biggest moments of Napoleon's rule. He invited the pope of the Roman Catholic Church to crown him emperor of France. At the ceremony, when he was just about to be Crowned, he took the crown from the pope and put it on his own head to be crowned as emperor. This would be another political achievement because it is changing the government once again. The government before was a republic, now it is an Empire. He is yet another "king" in France.
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The Battle of Trafalgar was a navy fought battle at sea. The purpose of the battle was to try and weaken the British navy army because of how strong they were. Napoleon had a combined forces of Spain and his own country France. They went into the battle pretty confidently but underestimated the British Navy. They got destroyed. This was not an achievement, it was more like a defeat. Napoleon learned from this and how strong the British Navy was, and stayed away from them.
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The Treaties of Tilsit was an agreement/alliance between Russia and France. The established peace between a conference by agreeing that the British were the bad ones and they are the the real threat to Europe. The plan was to shut down the British ports and neutral British trade ports so that the British would not get much of the supplies they needed for war. This would be a political achievement because of the agreement between countries and them working together to stop a great force of war.
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The Russian Campaign was the initial event that lead to Napoleon's downfall in his empire. His purpose for this was to control Russia so that trading between the U.K. would come to a stop. This did not go so well for Napoleon. Russia kept backing up from Napoleon's army so that they would come further and further into Russia. The army was not kitted for this kind of weather, and Napoleon's troops suffered from disease and the cold. Almost the entire Napoleon army was killed.
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The Borodino battle was the single bloodiest battle in all of the Napoleonic wars. The French's goal was to take over Moscow in Russia as like a base for troops. Napoleon's goal for invading Russia was to forcefully establish peace with the Russians to expand his empire even more. But with all the fighting that lasted for multiple hours left Napoleon's army weak and has lost thousands of men. This was a Military achievement for now, but his goal was still to take control of Russia
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The Hundred Days was period between Napoleon's return after being exiled to an Island named Elba, and the restoration of King Louis 18. Napoleon escaped Elba a month after he was put there. Right after he was put there he went right back to Paris where King Louis 18 fled in fear of the former emperor. Napoleon then establishes another army in hopes to regain his empire. This was another sudden political accomplishment but it was not very hard to accomplish because of the king fleeing.
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The Battle of Waterloo was the final battle that Napoleon would ever fight in his life. This would mark the very end of the Napoleonic Era. With his new army established after the "Hundred Days" he invaded the Duke of Wellington's army. But similar to what the Russians did, they retreated to Waterloo, where the British joined the fight on the Prussian side, and pinched Napoleon's army, defeating them. After the loss, he was sent to a more remote island, St. Helena, where he would eventually die.
