HIS103Y1 Lecture : Napoleon3.docx
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Control the shoreline of europe to prevent british to trade. Full control 1807 petty state in portugal having access to the atlantic, who had control. Portugal denied continental system to help british to keep doing what they did. Napoleon decided to invade portugal and compel them to accept the system. Spain is in between france, so napoleon offered them the treaty of fontainebleu, promising them that. Portugal would be brought back into the spanish empire. French and spain suffer relationship spain blames france louisiana, end of 7yw given to spain since. Napoleon took louisiana back in 1803, napoleon short of cash so he sold it to na. Napoleon changed from general to emperor, no longer thought as a general so political = more important as an emperor. Best place to start his dynasty was spain. Spring 1808 anti french, in madrid, rebellion, capitalize and remove monarchy and replace it with.