from emperor to exile the fall of napoleon bonaparte mr. bach accelerated world history hudson high...
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From Emperor to From Emperor to ExileExile
The Fall of Napoleon The Fall of Napoleon BonaparteBonaparteMr. Bach
Accelerated World HistoryHudson High School
The Third The Third Coalition (1805)Coalition (1805)
•Britain, Austria, and Russia unite against France
•Major focus – British naval power vs. French continental power
The Battle of The Battle of Trafalgar (Oct. 21, Trafalgar (Oct. 21,
1805)1805)• British Admiral Horatio Nelson destroys the French Fleet
• England is safe from French invasion
““I was at I was at Austerlitz . . .”Austerlitz . . .”
• His greatest victory – defeats the combined Austrian and Russian armies
• Prussia soon sues for peace
The British The British Problem!Problem!
•Continental System – French Empire and client states forbidden from trading with England
Napoleonic Napoleonic DynastyDynasty
• Members of Napoleon’s family placed as heads of kingdoms
• Divorces Josephine and marries Marie Louise (of Austria!)
The “Spanish The “Spanish Ulcer”Ulcer”
• Gets caught in a 5 year guerrilla war in Spain
• Drains support, money, and resources
“Third of May” (1808) by Goya
The Big MistakeThe Big Mistake• Invades
Russia over their lax enforcement of the Continental System
• Scorched Earth Policy
Smelling Smelling Blood . . . (1813-Blood . . . (1813-
1814)1814)•6th Coalition (Britain, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Prussia, Austria, Sweden, German kingdoms) ally against France
•Defeat at Leipzig•With allied troops in Paris,
Napoleon abdicates
End of the End of the Emperor?Emperor?
•Napoleon exiled to Elba
•Royalists placed Louis 18th on the throne (const. monarchy)
The 100 DaysThe 100 Days• Napoleon
escapes Elba and returns to France
• The 7th Coalition unites to eliminate Napoleon once and for all
Every Napoleon Every Napoleon has his Waterloohas his Waterloo
Duke of Wellington Prussian
General
Blucher