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Napoleon assigned to defend French interior
Napoleon forced a mod of royalists to flee while they were trying to regain power by shooting into the crowd. He was just 26 years old when he drove away the mod. -
Battle of Nile
Napoleon lead a French fleet and army across the Mediterranean Sea. His goal was to halt trade between Britain and India. -
Coup d'état
Napoleon's supporters surrounded the directory legislature. They forced members to hand over the government to Napoleon. -
The Consulate
The Consulate is established, and Bonaparte is the First Consul. Bonaparte leads the French army in a march across the Alps, defeating the Austrian army in the Battle of Marengo. -
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Restoring Order in France
Napoleon aims to restore France by establishing new policies of reconciliation during a time period of relative peace. During this restoration, amnesties are granted to many exiled aristocrats, who return to France. -
Question to Voters from Napolean
Napoleon sent a plebiscite (question) to all voters of France, asking if they supported his actions of declaring France an empire. The voters supported him, and subsequently, Pope Pius VII came from Rome to crown Napoleon emperor in Paris -
The Napoleonic Code
This code is a system of laws that Napoleon made in order to help the country minimize crimes and set a structure for how law is held in France. While these codes were beneficial in this way, they also limited the people's individual rights due to the support of authority. Slavery was reestablished, and there was no more freedom of speech. -
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Napolean is declared Emperor of the French
The coronation of Napoleon and Josephine occurs in December of 1804 at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The consulate is transformed into the "Empire" where Napoleon is the emperor. During this time, the Imperial Household is established officially. -
Battle of Austerlitz
Napoleon defeats Russian forces (of Tsar Alexander I) and Francis II (the HER) -
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The Treaties of Tilsit
Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I signed this treaty which gave Napoleon control of most of Europe, spreading his empire -
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Guerilla War
The Spanish began a Guerilla War where peasants ambushed French troops and their camps in order to keep the French army in place so that Napoleon was forced to remove his troops from Spain. To punish the Spanish guerilla fighters, members of the French army murdered innocent Spanish civilians. -
Napoleon's son is born
Napoleon has a son with Archduchess Marie-Louis of Austria, after Josephine was unable to provide an heir. He was named Napoleon-François-Charles Joseph Bonaparte and was given the title King of Rome. -
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The Hundred Days
This was the time period from Bonaparte;s return to exile, and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII. There were many campaigns that aimed to keep Napoleon in power, but in the end, he was declared an outlaw. -
Napoleon dies in exile
Napoleon died in exile on a small island off the coast of Africa called Saint Helena, likely of stomach cancer. they brought his body back to Paris, and it was interred in the Hotel des Invalides.
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Waterloo
Napoleon's troops crossed over a river in order to attack Russian forces. Bonaparte thought that he could give peace to France by keeping the Russians from Britain. Russians burned villages, towns, and crops (scorched earth tactic) so that the French troops had to move off of the land.
