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Title: Napoleon


1
Napoleon
2
Napoleons Early Years
  • Born in 1769
  • Born in Corsica

3
Siege of Toulon
  • Napoleon was a captain of artillery
  • Seized forts and bombard British navy and army

4
The Italian Army
  • Napoleon became general
  • They were not a good army
  • He helped them and they started trusting him more

5
Napoleon and Josephine
  • Napoleon met Josephine, a widow
  • He married her on March 9, 1796

6
Egypt
  • In 1799 Napoleon was fighting the British in
    Egypt. The British destroyed the French naval
    forces and Napoleon abandoned the army.
  • He got back to France
  • In Paris people cheered for him

7
Becoming Emperor
  • In 1799 Napoleon and some other leaders took
    control of the government by force
  • 1804 Napoleon became Emperor of France
  • He was the dictator
  • In 1802 he named himself Consul for life

8
The Battle of Trafalgar
  • In 1805 Napoleons fleet went to invade Britain
    but off the coast of Spain the British Admiral
    Lord Nelson defeated him.

9
Continental System
  • Napoleon told all the European countries not to
    trade with Great Britain after Trafalgar
  • Nelson countered by telling him
  • that any ship on its way to the European port
    had to stop at Great Britain first
  • One of the causes of the War of 1812

10
Napoleonic Empire
  • Napoleon became king of Italy, and his brother
    became king of Naples
  • Nationalism caused revolts
  • In 1812 the Spanish aided by the British
    overthrew their French king aided by the British
  • Russia traded with Great Britain again

11
Invading Russia
  • Napoleon got mad and invaded Russia.
  • Russians retreated to central Russia and used a
    scorched earth plan.
  • Winter came and many soldiers died the Russian
    attacked the soldiers
  • Russian, Prussian, and Austrian armies defeated
    Napolean at Leipzig in Saxony

12
Napoleon
  • Napoleon is exiled to the island of Elba
  • He escapes but gets captured again after he is
    defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.

13
Waterloo
  • The French army fought the British and Prussian
    army at Waterloo
  • The first attack of the French failed so the
    cavalry attacked but Ney had to abandon them
    after the conflict
  • After the Prussians were thrown back Napoleon
    tried to attack again
  • That did not work
  • Grouchy didnt come
  • Napoleon didnt win

14
Exile
  • Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena
  • He didnt escape
  • He died there in 1821
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