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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
FEATURES OF THE NAPOLEONIC REGIME
Established
hereditary power
Ensure his regime would continue
Based on
Consolidation of his power
Successes abroad
Internal stability after chaos
Fear of conspirances against him
Emperor of the French
crowned in 1804
Not sovereign by divine rights
New type of emperor
His legitimacy came from F.R.
NAPOLEON'S REFORMS
Authoritarian government
Controlled executive/legistative powers
Ended
revolutionary achievements
Abolition of slavery
Separation of powers
Created a
repressive regime
Persecuted all opposition
Came from supporters of
Bourbon dynasty
Jacobins & republicans
Created
French Civil Code
Separated aspects of civil life
From the Church
Like marriage and divorce
Boosted the economy
Founded the Central Bank of France
Promoted Chambers of Commerce
To help with commercial exchanges
Modern educational models
Created
Secondary schools
High schools
Improved
Public Administration
Creating a Court of Accounts
RISE AND FALL OF NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE
Napoleonic Empire
expansive nature
He achieved success & fame as
Young man defending Republic
He needed to extend
Tried to creat
new world order
France enjoyed hegemonic power
Concepts from Louis XIV
Main enemies were absolute monarchies
Like Austria, Prussia & Russia
Most rival was Great Britain
He couldn't invade it
So he proclaim
continental blockade
No British ship could dock in European ports
Economy suffered but didn't collapse
THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
FIRST PHASE (1804–1812)
Napoleon won again against absolutist powers
Austria, Prussia & Russia
Led to control
Italy
Central Europe
Dissolution of Holy Empire 1806
Invaded Spain
Ruled by his brother José I
His reign was unstable
faced a long conflict
British flleet won the Battle of Trafalgar
Took control of the seas
SECOND PHASE (1812–1815)
Napoleon tried to conquer Russia
His army was defeated
Napoleon’s defeat & exile in 1814 for
Subsequent successes of the coalitions
Interminable war in Spain
Regained power but in 1815
British and their allies defeated him
At the Battle of Waterloo
