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Who was Napolean Bonaparte?

*Barely from France


--Born in Corsica (1769)




*Became lieutenant at 16




*Worked to free Corsica




*Promoted general in 1793




*Married Josephine de Beauuharnias




*Had speed and mobility with army




*People saw him as very focused


--Rational



Sagacity

*Understand difficult ideas


*Make good decisions

3 main victors of coup of 18 Brumaire?

*Bonaparte


*Sieyes


*Ducos

What did the Constitution of the Year VIII do?

*Made in 1799




*Made set of institutions


--Preserved republican forms


--Exec. power increase




*Exec power held by 3 consuls


--Napoleon


--de Cambaceres


--Charles Lebrun

Ostensibly

Seemingly

Plebiscite

Vote or ballot

Prefect

Chief officer

Repudiate

To reject

Promulgation

Declaration of new law

Imperial Recess of 1803

*112 states not in HRE


--Territories went to states by Germany




*Prussia and Bavaria benefited the most


--Gained more territory

Toussaint L'Ouverture

*Former slave turned military commander


*Helped Haiti gain independence


--1790s


--Got French and Brits off island


--Called "black Washington" by Napoleon




*Encouraged others to take up arms against Napoleon


--Reason Napoleon sold Louisiana Territory to US in 1803


Jean-Jacques Dessalines

*Est. himself as ruler of Haiti


--Jan 1, 1804




*Caused race wars to go on


--Turned econ. bad

Intransigent

Uncompromising

Lucien

*Napoleon's bro

Prosaic

Ordinary



Admiral Pierre Villeneuve

*Helped Napoleon in attempt to invade England

--March 1805


Admiral Horatio Nelson

*Commanded Brit fleet to stop Admiral Pierre and Napoleon




*Stopped Villeneuve's fleet at the battle of Trafalgar


--Decisive battle of Napoleonic wars

[[[[THE INVASION of RUSSIA]]]]

[[[[THE INVASION of RUSSIA]]]]

Who did Napoleon see as his enemies in European domination?

*Great Britain and Russia



How was the relationship between Napoleon and Tsar Alexander?

*Strained


--Came from meeting at Tilsit in 1807


+Napoleon annexed duchy of Warsaw


^Extended to Confederation of Rhine


^Russians were threatened




*Tsar Alexander did not like Napoleon marrying Marie Louise (1810)




*Alexander didn't like Napoleon alliance w/ Austria




*Napoleon didn't like how Alexander no put Continental Syst. to action


--Alexander and Russia quit Continental Syst. in late 1810

[Achievement and Legacy of Napoleon]

[Achievement and Legacy of Napoleon]