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Napoleon Bonaparte - Coggle Diagram
Napoleon Bonaparte
Features of the Napoleonic regime
Hereditary power
Emperor of the French
Modern French State
Napoleon's reforms
Authoritarian government
Controlled the executive and legislative powers, the appointment of judges.
Ended some revolutionary achievements
Abolition of slavery and the separation of powers
Created a repressive regime
Persecuted all opposition
Created the French Civil Code
Model for subsequent legal codes
Equality of all citizens before the law
Prohibited torture
Definitively separated aspects of civil life, marriage and divorce, from the control of the Church
Boosted the economy
Founded the Central Bank of France, centralise the minting of money and finance his war campaigns
Modern educational models
Reforming the university and by creating secondary schools and high schools
Improved the Public Administration
The rise and fall of Napoleon's Empire
Expansive nature
Continental blockade
New world order
The Napoleonic wars
First Phase
Napoleon’s repeated victories against the great absolutist powers, Austria, Prussia and Russia
Led to control of Italy and Central Europe and to the dissolution of the Holy Empire
Invaded Spain, ruled by his brother, José I
His reign was unstable and he faced a long conflict
British fleet won the Battle of Trafalgar taking control of the seas
Second Phase
Napoleon tried to conquer Russia, but his army was heavily defeated
Subsequent successes of the coalitions, interminable war in Spain led to Napoleon’s defeat and exile in 1814
Briefly regained power, but in 1815, the British and their allies finally defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo
