Napoleon Vid

• Napoleon's "Road to Glory"


  Started on Corsica, a Mediterranean island off the coast of France
• Characteristics of the Corsican spirit

  • Pride
  • Revenge
  • Honor
• As a boy, Napoleon traded some bread for army rations
• Napoleon attended the military academy of Brienne
• At the age of 15, Napoleon moved to Paris to attend the famous École Militaire
• Napoleon was exactly 16 years old and days old when he became an officer
• Napoleon was opposed to supporters of the king who were known as royalists
• Napoleon was promoted to Brigadier General at 24
• In 1795, he was freed from jail and called to protect the national convention and in so doing helped to save the Revolution
• Although Josephine found Napoleon attractive


  She looked at Napoleon in a business-like way
• Although very powerful


  Napoleon would never be able to completely control Josephine
• The place Napoleon chose to encounter the British was an unexpected place, Egypt
• Napoleon brought scientists with him to study this location. They even found things such as the Rosetta Stone while there
• Napoleon gave his marriage with Josephine another chance because of their children
• In 1799, Napoleon became the first consul of France
• Napoleon made education his top priority when he became France's leader
• Napoleon's France was soon the envy of the world
• The problem with glory

  It's like riding a tiger because you can't get off
• His appetite for glory and power would be his downfall
• On December 2, 1804, Napoleon became emperor of France crowning himself
• His ambition would be his undoing
• His Empire was the greatest in Europe since the Roman Empire
• Napoleon asked for a divorce because Josephine couldn't give him an heir
• Napoleon's first son was given the title king of Rome
• The only person who could defeat Napoleon was Napoleon
• Napoleon's institution of the continental system led to a war against France under Napoleon
• Britain's lead General against Napoleon was Wellington
• Another big mistake Napoleon made was invading Russia
• In 1814 Napoleon gave up his position and was to Elba
• Napoleon's successor on the throne was Louis XVIII(18)
• Napoleon went through the Alps because he was afraid there were too many royalists in Provence
• The King's troops joined Napoleon rather than attacking him
• In less than three months, Napoleon raised a standing army before the other European allies could do the same
• Josephine had died while Napoleon was on the island of Elba
• Although Napoleon had 125,000 troops he was outnumbered by the Prussians and the British
• The battlefield where Napoleon met the Duke of Wellington was near the town of Waterboro
• Napoleon's last chance to win the battle was with his elite troops, his imperial guards
• On June 22nd, 1815, Napoleon was exiled to the island of Saint Helens
• He is buried today at the Church of the Dome in les invalides in Paris
• In death, he slipped into the realm of myth