Napoleon's life evokes a strong will power within us when we read his achievements.

1. NAPOLEAN THE GREAT
- ROBY VINCENT
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2.  “Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest
to allow anyone to take her away from me.”
 “There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the
mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind.“
 “Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of
fools.”
 "He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war
very long.“
 “Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die
daily.” ARISE TRAINING & RESEARCH
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3. “Ten people who speak make more noise
than ten thousand who are silent.”
“History is the version of past events that
people have decided to agree upon”.
“I know when it is necessary, how to leave
the skin of lion to take one of fox.”
“A man will fight harder for his interests
than for his rights.”
“A throne is only a bench covered with
velvet.”
“Religion is what keeps the poor from
murdering the rich.”
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4. The Rise and
Fall of
Napoleon’s
Empire
How does this
Picture reflect the
information you
gathered from the
quotes?
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5. How about these two Pictures?
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6. Church Representatives
Empress Josephine
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7. For Each Slide….
• For each slide, add information to your
chart. Make sure you put things in the
correct category!
• As you go put a P next to things that are
Political, an S next to things that are Social
and an E next to things that are Economic.
• Don’t do the Questions yet!
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8. Napoleon was born here,
on the Island of Corsica
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9. I. Napoleon Seizes Power
• 1769 – Born on Corsica
• Military school in France on Scholarship
• Saved National Convention, by firing shot at
a mob come to get them
• Directory sent him into Italy- Success!
• Egypt- while there he practices
administration, but loses to Nelson
• Returns to France as the Hero of Egypt (the
news he lost is slower to arrive.)
• 1799 – dissolved Directory, seized power
with friends Sieyes and Ducos and they three
become consuls to run the government
• Later, even more popular, he declares
himself the one leader of France
• He takes on the Powers of a Dictator
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10. II. Napoleon Rules France
• Plebiscite (public vote) approved new
constitution – Napoleon stronger
• He repair the economy – fixed tax
collection, established a national bank,
fired the corrupt
• Lycees – started government run public
schools, rewards based on merit
• Concordat – repairs the relationship with
Church, He will claim influence but no
control
• Establishes the Napoleonic Code – A
system of laws that were uniform but
eliminated individual rights, and restored
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11. III. Napoleon Creates an Empire
• 1804 – crowned himself Emperor
• Wanted territory in New World, couldn’t
overcome slave armies in Haiti and sold
the Louisiana Purchase to the USA
• Wanted to expand in Europe, other
nations attacked & were defeated,
signed peace treaties
• Austerlitz is his finest battle. He crushes
the Russians and Austrians both
• Battle of Trafalgar – England’s Nelson
destroyed the French fleet, Napoleon
wouldn’t be able to invade Britain
• Most of continental Europe in his control
by 1812
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12. Please do not talk at this time Oct 28
• Disaster drill at the end of the period.
• Do I have a volunteer to take the First Aid kit to the
evacuation spot on the Football Field?
• Do I have a volunteer to lead the class if I am
prevented from evacuating because of Rubble?
• Do I have a volunteer to assist my Buddy Ms.
Forster if I have to stay with an injured student or
can’t get out of the rubble?
• Also, get out your Napoleon Work!
Test on the Enlightenment, American and French
Revolutions Tuesday, Nov. 4th.
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13. Army vs. Navy
Nelson
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14. Battles of Napoleon
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15. The Greatest Extent of Napoleon’s Empire!
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16. IV. Napoleon’s Costly Mistakes
A) Continental System – blockade
against Great Britain, destroy
economy, make continental
Europe more self-sufficient,
Britain did it better…
B) Peninsular War – French
marched into Spain, took over
govt., Spanish guerrilla forces
attacked, French army severely
weakened
C) Napoleon establishes his
relatives as kings in the
countries he conquers. These
people are not competent rulers.
The citizens of these countries
revolt. ARISE TRAINING & RESEARCH
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17. D) Invasion of Russia –
Meant to punish Czar for
selling grain to England.
1812- 600,000 + French
soldiers invade Russia
Russians pull back and
refuse to fight, practice
scorched-earth policy,
and burn Moscow down.
Napoleon marched back to
France in winter, lost his
army to the cold. 20,000
walk out…
“Swallows fell from the sky like stones, frozen in
flight in the bitter cold…” ARISE TRAINING & RESEARCH
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18. V. Napoleon’s Downfall
• Major powers attacked:
England and Prussia
• 1814 – Napoleon
surrendered at Liepzig,
exiled to island of Elba
• New king unpopular,
Napoleon escaped Elba,
returns to France a Hero
for 100 days and built a
new army in 1815
• Battle of Waterloo –
Napoleon defeated by
combined forces of
Russia, Prussia, Austria
Sweden and England
• St. Helena – Exiled until
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