• In 1795, The French government at the time created a new system of government that was led by two councils and the Directory.• the Directory staged a coup to remove royalists, One of the directors named Emmanuel Joseph Sieyés thought Napoleon would be a great military leader to conquer this task.• November 9, 1799 Napoleon along with others organized a takeover to oust the Directors •After the takeover Napoleon was named the first consul of the republic. French voters easily accepted Napoleon for the position. This would start the Reign of Napoleon.

1800: Napoleon forms the first ever National Bank of France called the Banque De France. Bonaparte wanted to grow the economy and restore it in the aftermath of the recession that occurred in the Revolutionary period. He got his ideas from the preexisting bank systems in Sweden and England.

1801:  Treaty of Lunéville: signed on Feb.8, 1801  between the French Republic and the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II. Napoleon defeated Austria at the Battle of Merango and acquired Italian and German territories. After this treaty was signed no one stood in the way of France except Britian who was the sole enemy of France.

1801:Coup d’état- this established Napoleon as First Consul of France, that included Cambacérès and Lebrun which would also be leading alongside of Napoleon.  Although the plan was for the three to have equal power, Napoleon quickly became the most powerful.

1801: Concordat: defined the status of the Roman Catholic Church in France and ended the breach caused by the church reforms and confiscations enacted during the French Revolution.

1802: Treaty of Amiens: temporarily ended hostilities between the French Republic and the United Kingdom during the French Revolutionary Wars. Napoleon referred to it as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace“. It only lasted until may 1803 it was not intended to last for a very long time only until France could pull itself together.

A) Both the Treaty of Lunéville and the Treaty of Amiens ended the second Coalition which was the Hapsburgs plan to suppress the new revolutionary France.

1804: Napoleon’s Coronation: Napoleon crowns himself emperor in exchange for regaining several papal territories and a chance to visit France with the hope of winning the French people back to the Catholic Church.

Oct.1805: a naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy.  Twenty-seven British ships of the line led by Admiral Lord Nelson aboard HMS Victory defeated thirty-three French and Spanish ships of the line under French Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve off the south-west coast of Spain. Despite the outcome Napoleon’s original idea was to invade Britain which would be impossible if he could not get to the shore.

While the British had all of their soldiers trained for Naval Battle the French executed or dismissed a majority of their naval officers during the beginning of the French Revolution.

This truly proved to Napoleon how strong the British Navy was and was one of the first setbacks Napoleon had during his Reign.

Dec.1805: Battle of Austerlitz- battle that the French defeated the Third Coalition. The French army, commanded by Emperor Napoleon I, decisively defeated the Russo-Austrian army, commanded by Tsar Alexander I and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, after nearly nine hours of difficult fighting. Considered a crucial point in the Battle of the Third Coalition.

This officially ended the Third Coalition. This was a major achievement for Napoleon he defeated Russia, Austria, Portugal,

and more. This was when Napoleon’s Grand Empire reached it greatest height.  Treaty of Pressburg confirmed the Austrian cession of lands in Italy and Bavaria to

France and in Germany to Napoleon's German allies, imposed an indemnity of 40 million francs on the defeated Habsburgs, and allowed the defeated Russian troops free passage, with their arms and equipment, through hostile territories and back to their home soil.

In 1808 Spain had the first major revolt against France. Though not successful this revolt proved to be a warning showing that resistance to French imperialism was growing.

The battle with Britain was still occurring. The continental system or the system in which to block out all British goods from Europe was failing and Britain responded back with a counter blockade which proved to be horrible for French artisans and the middle class. Napoleon went to Russia to help with the counter blockade but Alexander I was never on his side in the first place about blocking British goods.

The counter blockade France received from Britain led to Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. Napoleon invading with 600,000 men recklessly headed toward Moscow during the winter which proved fatal for him. Alexander I ordered a retreat of his men and an evacuation of Moscow while the French froze in the Russian winter conditions. Due to the lack of supplies, the Russian army, and the Russian winter Napoleon lost almost his entire army; 370,000 men died and another 200,000 were taken prisoner.

After Napoleon’s Russian defeat he fled back to Paris in hopes of creating another army to fight Russia.

The Fourth Coalition was created. This consisted of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain held together by the Treaty of Chaumont which created the Quadruple Alliance.

Less than a month after the creation of the Quadruple Alliance Napoleon abdicated. He exiled to Elba where he kept his imperial title, earned 2 million francs per year, and had his own navy.

Louis XVIII took Napoleon’s place and although accepting of revolutionary ideas went back to a constitutional monarchy which took away peoples right to vote.

Hearing of the new French government Napoleon decided to escape Elba and within no time regained his position.

At the last part of the hundred days used to describe his return his forces we destroyed at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815

He was then locked up on the island of St.Helena where he lived the rest of his life.

Napoleon had a new way in which to fight it was divided into three sections:Infantry: soldiers who had muskets with bayonets. Near the front of the battlefield and were the most common.Calvary: mounted on horses these men rode with sabers and as opposed to using the side of the blade used to tip to ensure death of the enemy.Artillery: usually in groups of five or six soldiers would use cannons to cause significant damage to the enemy.

Naval Power- the British conquered the Atlantic and had the greatest naval fleet in the world. This can be seen in the Battle of Trafalgar when the Spanish and French lost significantly to the British. They simply could not compete with the technologically advanced ships the British used.

Rifles- although somewhat new to warfare they were out preformed by muskets due to there tedious reloading process compared to the musket. Napoleon did not believe they were truly faster at all and believed the musket was the ideal weapon for war.

Sabers – the French military used many different types of sabers preferably ones with pointed sharp tips to stab enemies receiving an ensured death. While the British used sabers that had sharp centers to be able to strike using the center of the sword which would cause severe wounds. Although the British afflicted more wounds the French got ensured deaths using the tip of the sword but did not get as many enemies killed.

Napoleon was personally uninterested in religion but wanted unification between the two groups of French clergy and have the Catholic Church in France could serve as the authority for social order and peace.

Next off the Concordat of 1801 which both Napoleon and Pope Pius VII signed. This gave the French Catholics the right to practice their religion freely and caused an increase in attendance to the Catholic Church. Now Napoleon’s government paid the clergy, nominated bishops, and exerted great influence on the church.

The tradition power of the church was no longer there and now the Emperor ruled the church as opposed to the pope.

Overall the period saw an increase in religion due to Napoleon’s reforms regarding religious practices and the act of practicing religions.

Napoleon used the church as a way to control society instead of doing it himself. He paid for the clergymen and made himself somewhat powerful in the church. This gave him absolute control not only did he rule the country but also the church which he had put his influence on. He aimed to unify the church in order to control the population as well as grant freedom to practice religion.

He appealed to all classes not just the higher ones but all of them. After he won the Battle of Austerlitz he abolished serfdom in many areas where it was still present. He gave his citizens a feeling of stability and national unity with the domestic initiatives he had.

Using newspaper he spread his government ideas to his people even though he broke the right to freedom of press and speech numerous times.

He founded schools and a school system in which you were either going to school to become part of the military or go to a different school for more mundane jobs. Also if you were an excellent student you would go to third school which is basically an internship or assistant to what you would want to do. Also the church was getting more attention because his programs were strictly focused on secondary and third school not basic learning.

His reforms allowed a majority of men to vote as opposed to the small percentage that could before.

His aim was to have every man be equal and their land protected even peasants. Peasants grew fond of Napoleon after this reform because he could protect the land they gained during the revolution.

Overall Napoleon brought ideas to not only France but Europe that have never been done before.

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