World History
Ms. Avar
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Lecture Notes / KEY

Use the Napoleon lecture to answer the following questions. If you were absent, make an appointment to use the sample binder and/or go to the class webpage.

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ANSWER QUESTIONS ON YOUR OWN, USING YOUR OWN OPINIONS AND SMARTS /
3. ANSWER QUESTION ON YOUR OWN, USING YOUR OWN OPINIONS AND SMARTS

4. ANSWER QUESTION ON YOUR OWN, USING YOUR OWN OPINIONS AND SMARTS / 5. The monarchs of Austria, Spain, Prussia, and Great Britain wanted to destroy the new FrenchRepublic.
6. ANSWER QUESTION ON YOUR OWN, USING YOUR OWN OPINIONS AND SMARTS BASED ON THIS INFORMATION: Napoleon defeated the Austrians, gaining much land for France. Napoleon’s victory made him the hero of France. Napoleon then fought the British in Egypt. After a series of victories, the people of Paris welcomed their returning hero. They looked to Napoleon to end the political chaos
7.ANSWER QUESTION ON YOUR OWN, USING YOUR OWN OPINIONS AND SMARTS BASED ON THIS INFORMATION: In 1796, Napoleon married Josephine, a member of the wealthy nobility whose husband had been executed by Robespierre. Josephine only escaped death because Robespierre’s Reign of Terror ended. Napoleon needed a rich wife to achieve his goals for France
8. By November 1799, Napoleon pretended to be the rightfully elected leader of France. A “plebiscite” (vote of the people) was held to approve a new constitution, which the people overwhelmingly supported. Napoleon took power under the title “First Consul” .
9. ANSWER QUESTION ON YOUR OWN, USING YOUR OWN OPINIONS AND SMARTS
Napoleon becomes DICTATOR
10. He brought peace & order back to France by: (Answer #10)
1) establishing public schools (“lycees”) and
2) a national bank of France;
3) To gain money for France, he taxed every citizen (not just certain groups)
Mind you, this was all of his own doing: Not that of the people or with their consent…
…BUT, he was successful in creating peace and order in doing so / 11.What did theNapoleonic Codedo forFrance?
-Abolished privileges of 1st & 2nd estates
-Established the equality of every man before the law
BUT!!!
-Limited free speech & restored slavery in French colonies.
12. After restoring order in France, Napoleon then turned his attention to building an Empire
BY 1812, Napoleon controlled most of Europe.
•The only countries he did NOT control were England, Portugal, the Ottoman Empire, and Sweden. /
Napoleon invades RUSSIA
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  1. Russia used “scorched-earth policy”: burn the fields and kill all animals so Napoleon’s army had no food or shelter from the harsh, cold Russian winter.

Napoleon was defeated
• Of 600,000 soldiers who entered Russia, 400,000 died of wounds, starvation or exposure to winter conditions
14. After Napoleons Defeat in Russia: European Armies attacked French forces. Napoleon was defeated at Leipzig (Germany) in 1813.
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  1. On April 12, 1814, Napoleon was forced to abdicate (leave / give up) his throne and was exiled to Elba (an island off the coast of Italy).
16.During the “100 Days”, European armies again attacked and defeated Napoleon at Waterloo (Belgium) in 1815
17.What happened to Napoleon after Waterloo?
After his defeat at Waterloo, he abdicated again and was sent into exile…
…again

Napoleon died in 1821 of stomach cancer (51 years old). Some believed he was poisoned with arsenic/rat poison.