Notes 2/14- Napoleon and Napoleonic wars

• By the end of the revolution Napoleon starts moving up
• Napoleon was part of a triumvirate
• a new constitution was approved
• and the french people chose a new senate
• it actually had very little power in the constitution though, which allowed napoleon to have more power
• So, napoleon offered peace to the french people in exchange for him becoming the strong end of the government
• Napoleon is looking like a pretty good guy 
• He is the sole guy in charge but he is doing it for the good of the country
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• napoleon got rid of titles, like lrods and ladies
• unions and guilds were not allowed to organize- this hits the nobility and the middle class
• women lost the legal gains they had made during the revolution
• men gained all control over property
• and a women had no rights to her earnings
• it was possible that one could move up in rank though
• in 1804, napoleon has himself coronated as emperor of france. no one can stop him

• Napoleonic wars
• Wanted to expand his emperor, so he went to war
• Poland is set up as the grand duchy of warsaw
• He signs the Treaty of Tilsit
• Now that he has taken territory in the east, he goes the other way(west) 
• Joseph is the monarch of spain, he is napoleons brother
• in 1811 someone produces a male heir
• Outside of france, he is resented, especially in germany
• in 1809-1810 a wave of nationalism comes over the states in the east, particularly germany
• Russia allied with Britain in 1810
• Napoleon sends an enormous invasion army to attack russia
• he sends 700,000 people in his army
• Napoleon sorta wins a battle, but then, blizzard and a lot of the army dies because of the weather
• napoleon comes back to france
• the ruassians feel that they have the upperhand now
• and they are allied with britain, so they sign a deal with the prussians
• They fight at the battle of liepzig
• when napoleon realizes that he has lost, he abdicates the throne and attempts suicide
• the people of france are fed up with him and exile him to the island of Elba
• They bring in Louis XVIII
• the brother of Louis XVI
• napoleon escapes from Elba and raises a new army in 1815
• he battles through europe in what is called the 100 days. 
• died in 1821

• Effects of napoleon:
• Significant effect on the alliances that will form in europe
• demonstrates the dangers of revolution
• what you get might not be what you wanted