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Napoleon Forges an Empire (Napoleon Seizes Power (NOT DONE) (How would you…

- - - - They demanded that the National Assembly give them the same privileges as the people of France
      - Enslaved Africans in the colony demanded their rights too
      - A civil war started
        
        Enslaved Africans under the leadership of Toussaint L’Ouverture seized control of the colony
        
        How did L’Ouverture’s revolution benefit the United States?
    - - The French forces were devastated by disease
        
        The rebels proved to be fierce fighters
        
        Syphilis
    - - He offered to sell all of the Louisiana Territory to the United States
        
        $15 million
        
        1803 President Jefferson’s administration agreed to purchase the land
        
        He saw a twofold benefit to the sale
        
        He would gain money to finance operations in Europe
        
        He would punish the British. “The sale assures forever the power of the United States,” he observed, “and I have given England a rival who, sooner or later, will humble her pride.”
        
        Supply and Demand
  - - - He crushed the opposition
        
        The commanders of the enemy armies could never predict his next move
        
        Often took heavy losses
        
        Conflict
        
        Austria, Prussia, and Russia to sign peace treaties
      - After the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, Napoleon issued a proclamation expressing his pride in his troops:
        
        "Soldiers! I am pleased with you. On the day of Austerlitz,
        you justified everything that I was expecting of [you]. . . .
        In less than four hours, an army of 100,000 men,
        commanded by the emperors of Russia and Austria, was
        cut up and dispersed. . . . 120 pieces of artillery, 20 generals, and more than 30,000 men taken prisoner—such are the results of this day which will forever be famous. . . . And it will be enough for you to say, “I was at Austerlitz,” to hear the reply: “There is a brave man!”
        
        Napoleon Quotes
  - - - It was more important than all of his victories on land
        
        It ensured the supremacy of the British navy for the next 100 years
        
        It forced Napoleon to give up his plans of invading Britain
        
        He had to look for another way to control his powerful enemy across the English Channel
    - - The British commander, Horatio Nelson, in a bold maneuver, he split the larger French fleet, capturing many ships.
      - How did the Battle of Trafalgar show the importance of Naval power?
  - - - He only areas of Europe free from Napoleon’s control were:
        
        Portugal
        
        Sweden
        
        Britain
        
        The Ottoman Empire
      - Napoleon also controlled numerous supposedly independent countries
        
        The Grand Duchy of Warsaw
        
        A number of German kingdoms in Central Europe
        
        Spain
      - The powerful countries of Russia, Prussia, and Austria were loosely attached to Napoleon’s empire through alliances
        
        Not totally under Napoleon’s control, they were easily manipulated by threats of military action
        
        How did Napoleon’s belief in equal opportunity conflict with his method of selecting leaders for puppet governments?
      - Napoleon maintain it for only five years - from 1807 to 1812.
        
        Then it quickly fell to pieces. Its sudden collapse was caused in part by Napoleon’s actions.
      - How long did Napoleon’s empire remain at it’s peak?
- - - - His first task was to get the economy on a solid footing
        
        Napoleon set a very good method of tax collection and established a national banking system
        
        Napoleon also steps to end corruption and efficiency government
        
        He dismissed corrupt officials and, in order to provide the government with trained officials, set up lycées, or government-run public schools.
        
        Graduates were appointed to public offices on the basis of merit rather than family connections
        
        Clergy's and many peasants wanted to restore the position of the Church in France. Responding to their wishes, Napoleon signed a concordat or agreement with Pope Pius VII.
        
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      - Leadership
  - - - Napoleon signaled that he was more powerful than the Church, which had traditionally crowned the rulers of France.