HIST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Continental System

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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon’s military career
Napoleon as charming, ruthless, and determined man
Successful Italian campaign of 1796-1797
Invasion of Egypt
o Scientists and administrators
1799 Napoleon’s coupe
o Napoleon the First Consul
o The end of the French Revolution
Promotion in the administration and in the army based on merit, not on birth
The end of free political life
o The idea of plebiscite
Napoleon’s popularity among the masses
Economic reforms
o Equal and better organized taxation system
o The establishment of the Bank of France
Capital for investment
Stabilization of the currency
1801 Concordat with the Catholic Church
o The end of religious tensions in France
Freedom of worship for all Protestants and Jews
1804 Code Napoleon
o Crowned Emperor of the French
Napoleon’s Wars
1797 conquest of Italy
French failure in Egypt
October 21, 1805 Naval Battle of Trafalgar
December 1805 Battle of Austerlitz
1806 Battles of Jena and Auer Stadt
1807 Treaty of Tilsit with Russia
o The establishment of the Duchy of Warsaw
July 1808 Battle of Wagram
French problems in Spain
Napoleon’s Continental System
International consequences of Napoleon’s wars
o French territorial incorporations
o Reorganization of borders of European countries
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