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French Directory
The French Directory was the 5th government to rule in France during the Revolution. The processes of how the government was to be managed were outlined in the Constitution of 1795--there were to be five directors along with the Council of Five Hundred and 250 "ancients", the two sections of the legislature. The middle class ruled the nation during this form of government. There were conflicts such as a conspiracy and plans to turn France back into a monarchy. It represented the people of France -
Napoleon’s coup d’etat of 18-19 Brumaire
On Novemer 9-10, 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the existing French government to get power for himself. Originally, Emmanuel Sieyes was planning on getting the power, and Napoleon was part of the plan. However, Napoleon reversed this coup into a scheme to get power for himself. On the 9th, some of the Directors resigned. On the 10th, Napoleon walked in on the Council of 500, taking away their and the Directory's power. The coup represents the turmoil and instability the Revolution led to. -
First Consul of the Consulate
- Created by the Constitution of 1799; government of France
- Made up of three men: Napoleon I, J. J. Cambacérès, and C.F. Lebrun
- after the fall of the Directory until the Napoleonic Empire
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Concordat of 1801
Napoleon and Pope Pius VII together signed the Concordat of 1801. It gave citizens of France the right to worship as they pleased, but Napoleon agreed to categorize Catholicism as the nation's primary religion. It emphasizes a very important Enlightenment principle essential to the goals of the Revolution. Napoleon took away lands belonging to the Church, and the government and Church would work together to select priests and bishops. -
Code Napoleon
- French civil code
- forbade privileges to do with birth
- freedom of religion
- government jobs go to the most qualified
- says husband has power in the family
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Battle of Austerlitz
- victory by Napoleon
- destroyed Third Coalition
- French against Russia/Austria
- Treaty of Pressburg
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Continental System
- In reply to naval blockade by the English
- Forbade France and all of its allies from trading with the English
- Napoleon used this as a way to weaken England until he could properly invade
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Peninsular War
- France vs. Spain, England, and Portugal for Iberian Peninsula
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Invasion of Russia
- Turning point in Napolionic Wars
- Clearly Russian Victory
- Disbanded the French Allied Army
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Battle of Leipzig
Battle of Leipzig October 16-19, 1813-“Was the single largest battle during the Napoleonic Wars and enabled Austria to maintain its empire.” -There were about 55,000 casualties
-“The Battle of Leipzig proved to be a major turning point in the Napoleonic Wars; many of Napoleon's remaining allies deserted him after that defeat, and the French Empire collapsed the following year.” -
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Battle of Leipzig
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The Hundred Day March 20th, 1815 - July 8th, 1815
-Period from Napoleon’s return from exile in Elba to Paris to the second restoration of King Louis XVII-War of the Seventh Coalition, Waterloo Campaign, and the Neapolitan War -
Battle of Waterloo
- Napoleon and his army were defeated by the armies of the seventh coalition
