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Napoleon is one of the world’s greatest military genius’ and ranks among Alexander the Great, Hannibal of Carthage and Julius Caesar

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Finished military school at 16 and became an artillery lieutenant

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Defeats royalist rebels and becomes hero

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Napoleon is defeated in Egypt word doesn’t reach France (no twitter)

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Napoleon’s friends urge him to take power. He does

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Coup D’etat: Blow to the state

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Defeats:

Prussia

Britain

Austria

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Plebiscite = Vote

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Created a banking and tax collection system

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Lycees:

Public schools ran by government

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Concordat: Agreement with the church

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  1. Napoleonic Code: System of laws
  2. Laws limited free speech and press

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What does Napoleon crowning himself King symbolize?

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Saint Domingue

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People demand they get same rights as those in France

(and no more slavery too)

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Toussaint L’Ouverture

Today’s forecast? Cloudy with a chance of Revolution

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Sells to U.S. because:

1. Needs money for war

2. Rival to Britain

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What is a puppet government?

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Battle of Trafalgar: One of Napoleon’s biggest defeats

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Two results:

1. British control sea

2. Napoleon can’t conquer Britain

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French Empire was unstable. Only able to run it for five years with efficiency

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