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Italian Campaign (yellow)
-Set in the Total War.
-Set in northern Italy during the First coalition.
-Required for the Egyptian campaign. -
Egyptian Campaign (red)
-Was a military adventure.
-Wanted to liberate Egypt from Mameluke rule.
-It was always Napoleon's dream to fight in the middle east.
-Many critic did not agree with Napoleon's actions in this Campaign. -
Banque de France (green)
-Bank of France
-Founded by Napoleon.
-Began as a private institution for managing state dept.
-Became the sole issuer of bank notes.
-The bank is still being used today. -
Concordat of 1801 (green)
-An agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII.
-This defined the status of the Roman Catholic Church in France.
-Also ended the breach caused by the church reforms. -
Consul for Life (green)
-A constitution conferred three consuls.
-Napoleon was one of three.
-Napoleon reigned supreme power over the other two.
-This made Napoleon consul for life. -
Consulate (green)
-The Consulate was the top-level Government of France.
-This form of government ended when Napoleon declared himself sole ruler.
-This was called "one of the most important periods of all French history."
-Napoleon was viewed as a military dictatorship. -
Napoleonic Code (yellow)
-French civil code.
-The main influence on the 19th-century civil codes
-Was a major step in replacing the previous patchwork of feudal laws. -
Declared Self Emperor (green)
-Napoleon made himself emperor and his wife Josephine empress.
-The Pope agreed to attend the coronation only after Napoleon and Josephine had a church wedding.
-The Pope was supposed to crown Napoleon and Josephine, but Napoleon decided to crown Josephine and himself.
-This was supposed to show the people his power. -
Battle of Trafalgar (red)
-Was a battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the navies from France and Spain.
-Established the British Naval supremacy for more that 100 years.
-The battle was fought west of Cape Trafalgar, between Cadiz and the Strait of Gibraltar.
-A clear victory for the British. -
Continental System (red)
-The continental blockade was the foreign policy of Napoleon.
-This was placed against the United Kingdom during the Napoleonic wars.
-This blockade caused little economic damage to the UK.
-Realized they were using a new trade route. -
Abolished Holy Roman Empire (red)
-Napoleon is responsible for this because he wanted to create his own.
-He wanted to create a French-dominated Empire which was formally abolished in June 1806. -
Resistance in Spain (green)
-The part of Spain that continued to resist French occupation allied with Britain and Portugal to expels Napoleon's armies from Spain. -
Invasion of Russia (red)
-Napoleon led an army across the Neman River invading Russia.
-The Russian army refused to engage.
-Napoleon went to defeat the Russians and since they retreated it was a fail for the French. -
Battle of Nations at Leipzig (red)
-Fought at Leipzig in Saxony.
-Resulting in the destruction of what was left of the French power.
-Napoleon led approximately 185,000 troops during this battle. -
Hundred Days (yellow)
-The Hundred Days war known as the war of the Seventh coalition.
-This marked the period between Napoleon's return from exile on the island of Elba -
Waterloo (red)
-The battle was fought near Waterloo in Belgium.
-Defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh coalition.
-Napoleon was defeated and exiled for the last time.
-This battle marked the end of the Napoleonic wars. -
Abdication (red)
-After the battle of Waterloo Napoleon returned to Paris in hope to find political support.
-This plan failed and they decided that Napoleon be abdicated.
