4+Napoleon's+Empire

= The Napoleonic Empire =

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===In 1804, Napoleon decided to make himself Emperor, and the French voters had supported him. On December 2nd 1804 he walked down the aisle of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, he had made a signal letting people know that he was more powerful than the church, which had been done traditionally by the previous rulers of france.===

=Lycees= ===Napolean created govenrment run public schools known as Lycees. It was a 3 year course of further secondary education. The lycees were opened to male students of all backgrounds. At the end of their graduation most students would take the Baccalaureat diploma. The Baccalaureat diploma is also known as Le Bac, its an academic qualification which french and international students take at the end of lycee. It was introduced in 1808. Its the main diploma that is required if they wanted to pursue university studies.===

= Napoleon creates an Empire = ===In 1789, the ideas of the revolution had reached the planters in Saint Domingue, they demanded that the National Assembly give them the same priveleges that the people in france had and eventually the enslaved africans wanted rights soo such as their freedom. A civil war broke out and enslaved africans under the leadership of toussaint L'Ouverture siezed control of the colony. In 1801 napoleon decided to take back the colony and restore its productive sugar factory.===

=Conquering Europe= === After he abandoned his imperial ambitions in the New World, he turned his attention to Europe. He had already annexed tha Austrian Netherlands and parts of Italy to france and set up a puppet government in Switzerland. Also known as a soveregnty government. He looked to expand his influence further. Fearful of his ambitions, the British pursuaded Russia, Austria, and Sweden to join them against France. The commanders of the enemy armies could never predict his next move and often took heavy losses. After the battle of Austerlitz in 1805 he issues a proclamation expressing his pride in his troops.===

=Battle of Tafalgar= ===The Battle of Trafalgar was one of the only battles that Napoleon had ever lost. This naval defeat was one of the most important than all the victories on the land. This battle took place in 1805. The British commander Horatio Nelson was a brilliant warfare at sea and napoleon wasn't. Napoleon was a warfare on land. the deconstruction of the French fleet had ywo major results. First, it ensured the supremecy of the British navy for the next 100 years. second, It forced Napoleon to give up his plans for invading Britain.===

=Napoleons Empire Crashes= ===some of napoleons mistakes were the blockade that he set up in November of 1806, the problem that he had with the blockade wwas that it wasnt tight enough. the whole purpose of the blockade was to keep all trade and communication between Great Britain and other European Nations. The Continental System was supposed to make continental Europw more self sufficient. Napoleon also intended it to destroy Great Britains commercial and indestrian economy. The peninsular war, Napoleon lost about 300,000 men during this war. This loss weakened the French Empire.=== = = =Napoleons Downfall= ===in only a few months he managed to form another army. But most of his troops were all untrained and very ill prepared for battle. on june 18, 1815 Napoleon attacked. The British army defended its ground all day. Then the Prussian army arived. Together the British army and the Prussian army attacked the french. Two days later Napoleons Exhausted army gave way, and the British and Prussian forces chased them for the field. The defeat ended Napoleons last bid for power, called the hundred days. The British had shipped him to St. Helena, a remote island in the South Atlantic. He lived there for 6 years until he died from stomach cancer.===