✨Bio of Napoleon✨
Rise to Power
Changes to France
Napoleonic Wars
Exile
He made three key mistakes that lead to his downfall.
The three mistakes
He had taken over almost all of Europe, but he still wanted more
There were two National Assemblies, with members chosen by Napoleon from candidates elected by the people.
All men could vote, but after 1804, there were no elections. All laws were made by the Assemblies.
He made changes in education in France.
His final military defeat at Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington
He was exiled to St Helena
In 1815 he escaped Elba and made an attempt to regain power.
In 1814 Napoleon was exiled to Elba.
He set up a system known as the Napoleonic Code, which was a series of laws based on Enlightenment ideas.
In 1804 Napoleon declared himself Emperor of France.
Napoleon staged a coup d'etat and took over as ruler of France.
Napoleon extended the French empire into parts of Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy and other European countries.
Napoleon invaded other countries and took over.
After Robespierre was executed, France was ruled by five moderate men known as the Directory (was a weak political system)
A failed naval blockade of Britain
The Peninsula War in Spain: Guerilla fighters pushed him out of Spain
A failed invasion of Russia (Winter)