french revolution: the age of napoleon
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DO NOW: Answer in notebooks: Napoleon said that he owed his rise to power to “the peculiarities of the time.” What did Napoleon mean by this? (Peculiarity means strangeness) Hint : Think about what was happening in France during the years of the Revolution. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
FRENCH REVOLUTION:
THE AGE OF NAPOLEON
Chapter 19 Section 4 & 5
DAY 1-2
Objective:
SWBAT work collaboratively to analyze photographs and paintings and write, and perform part of, a timeline story chronicling events of the Napoleonic Age.
DO NOW:Answer in notebooks:Napoleon said that he owed his rise to power to “the peculiarities of the time.” What did Napoleon mean by this? (Peculiarity means strangeness) Hint: Think about what was happening in France during the years of the Revolution.
DO NOW: PICK UP HANDOUTGROUP ACTIVITY DIRECTIONS: View the provided visuals Answer attached questions
independently Discuss answers with your group As a group, place visuals/ events in the
correct chronological order What story do these visuals tell? Write
the story as a group.
CHAPTER 19 SECTIONS 4 & 5 (DAY 3-4)
DO NOW: COPY TOPIC & OBJECTIVES
TOPIC: French Revolution & Napoleon, 1799-1815
Objectives: SWBAT identify reforms enacted by Napoleon.SWBAT explain how Napoleon controlled his
empire.SWBAT explain the causes and effects of
Napoleons Russian Campaign.SWBAT explain the effects of the Congress of
Vienna.
TEST ON WEDNESDAY !!!!
NAPOLEON: ORDER, SECURITY, EFFICIENCY
• General in the French Army• Skilled tactician• Victories against Britain, Austria• Captures Northern Italy• Campaign to Egypt & India failed• 1799 overthrows the Directory
• Sets up a 3-man Consulate• Writes ANOTHER Constitution• Makes self First Consul• 1802 Consul for Life
• Holds PLEBISCITES (ballots) and receives public support
DQ: How is Napoleon’s motto different from the motto of the French Revolution, “Equality, Liberty, Fraternity”?
1. REFORMS1. Economic:
Controlled prices, built roads/ canals, encouraged new industries
2. Public Schools: trained military officers3. Concordat of 1801: peace with R.C. Church
Religious freedom for Catholics4. Oath of Loyalty for émigrés 5. Land rights for peasants who bought church and
noble’s lands6. Meritocracy: jobs open to “all those with talent”7. Napoleonic Code:
• Religious toleration• Equality of citizens under the law• Meritocracy • Women lost rights to citizenship
2. NAPOLEON’S EMPIRE• Annexed Netherlands,
Belgium, parts of Italy & Germany
• Abolished Holy Roman Empire & created Confederacy of the Rhine
• Created Duchy of Warsaw
• Placed friends/ relatives on thrones• Spain – Napoleon’s
brother Joseph crowned king
• Controlled empire by creating alliances and signing treaties (Continental System)
• Result: growth of French nationalism
3. NAPOLEONIC WARS: BRITAIN
• 1805 Battle of Trafalgar• French fleet smashed
• Economic War: Blockades• France closed European ports to
British goods• Britain does the same• BOTH attack neutral ships• France is unable to stop Britain’s
trade with Americas and India• Result:
DEMAND =UP
SUPPLY = LOW
PRICES = UP
EUROPEANS OPPOSE FRANCE
3. NAPOLEONIC WARS: SPAIN
Problems with SPAIN• Problems: loyal to the Catholic Church• Spanish resistance: Guerilla warfare• Growth of Spanish nationalism• Britain helps Spain
3. NAPOLEONIC WARS: AUSTRIA
• Battle of Austerlitz- 1805 & 1809 Napoleon victorious
• Napoleon marries Marie Louise• Creates an alliance with Austrian royal family
3.NAPOLEONIC WARS: RUSSIA • Czar Alexander I withdraws from
the Continental System• 1812: 400,000 troops march
to Russia• Russians retreat east and
burn villages and crops• September: reach Moscow• October retreat• Only10,000 men survive the
1000 mile trip
Results: • Napoleon weakened, loses
support• PRAB: Prussia, Russia, Austria,
Britain• 1813 Battle of Nations at
Leipzig• 1814 Napoleon abdicates• Louis XVIII king
3. NAPOLEONIC WARS: WATERLOO
• Napoleon is exiled to Elba• Escapes, returns home to support of
soldiers• 100 days
1815 Waterloo• P.R.A.B. victorious • Napoleon exiled
to St.Helena
4. CONGRESS OF VIENNA
• P.R.A.B. plus France• Goal = to establish a BALANCE OF POWERResults: Problems: Redrew the map of Europe….Ignore cultural “borders”
(ex. Germany)Growth of Nationalism
Restored “legitimate” Return to old order monarchs
Quadruple Alliance= PRAB Resentment from otherto maintain balance & nations, ex. Rhine suppress revolutions Confederation controlled
by Austria
CLOSING/ POP QUIZ:Answer on scrap paper & hand in before end
of class:1. List and explain 2 reforms enacted by Napoleon .2. Name 3 countries that Napoleon conquered or
gained control over.3. Give one example of how Napoleon controlled
European rulers.4. What happened as a result of Napoleon’s Russian
Campaign?5. List and explain 2 outcomes of the Congress of
Vienna.
Homework: (Journals) Do you think that Napoleon was great or ruthless? What do you think Machiavelli would say about him?