Chapter 10 Napoleonic Wars. Peace Interim 1802-1803 Only time when France was not at war with another European country Sent troops to Haiti Louisiana.

Chapter 10 Napoleonic Wars

Peace Interim

1802-1803 Only time when

France was not at war with another European country

Sent troops to Haiti Louisiana Purchase

“Shaming of the princes”

Third Coalition

France prepared to invade Great Britain

Austria, Russia, and Great Britain join the Coalition

Trafalgar

Prussia defeated Russian army fled

Treaty of Tilsit

Russia agreed to ally against Great Britain

Prussia lost territory

Continental System

Goal: destroy Britain economically

No imports to the Continent from Great Britain

Britain blockaded mainland Europe

Peninsular War

Failed because: People would not give up luxury

goods Land shipping took too long Internal tariffs British made up trade lost

Grand Empire- Napoleon’s Reforms

Liberal reforms Equality before law Rule of law

(Constitutions) Metric system Good-bye to feudalism Direct collection of taxes Napoleonic Code Church lost power conscription

German Nationalism Holy Roman Empire

Confederation of the Rhine

J.G. Herder wrote Ideas on the Philosophy of the History of Mankind Each people should

embrace their own way of life

Volksgeist or “national character”

Romanticism

Reaction to Enlightenment

Stressed: Intuition over reason No rules Moral relativism

Napoleon Invades Russia

Dec. 31, 1810: Russia withdraws from the Continental System

Borodino: Napoleon won at high cost

Moscow: Napoleon seizes but burns to the ground

Scorched-earth policy

Casualties: 611,000 entered Russia 400,000 died 100,000 taken captive

Battle of the Nations

Napoleon defeated at Leipzig in 1813

Forced to abdicate the throne

Who should now rule France?

1st Treaty of Paris: France goes back to

pre-1792 territory No reparations

demanded

Exile, Escape, and Waterloo Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba He escaped and came back to France for

100 Days Defeated by a British and Russian alliance

at Waterloo (Duke Wellington)

Exile (Again)

Sent to Saint Helena Died less than 6 years

later

Legacies of Napoleon

Napoleonic Code Reforms and stability in France Changes of boundaries in Europe Sold Louisiana to the Americans Increased nationalism in territories he

conquered.

Congress of Vienna

The Players (Diplomats)

Talleyrand (France) Metternich (Austria) Wellington (Great

Britain) Hardenburg (Prussia) Nesselrode (Russia)

Results Antebellum status quo Concert of Europe

A way of solving problems with balance of power and discussion

Serious war avoided until WWI

Alliances Holy Alliance- everyone except Britain, Ottoman Empire,

and Vatican Quadruple Alliance- Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and

Prussia (later included France in the Quintuple Alliance)

Reactionary in Nature