apwh - 5.2 age of napolean

how did napolean come to power and describe his power

- 1799 - came to power through a coup d'etat

- - established french consulate (3 man governing body)

- successful french military leader

- brought stability and order

- maintained feeling of popular sovereignty

- 1804 - crowned himself emperor of france

what did napolean build and how

huge empire by conquering nations across europe

what was the continental system

1806 - economic blockade designed to weaken britian (knew that he couldn't just invade britian, but needed to weaken them bc they relied on trade)

what happened when napolean invaded russia

- 1812 - used huge army (grand army) built up of various people to invade russia

- - russia keeps on retreating, pulling army further into russia until winter, and they are forced to retreat bc army weak

- - russia kills off lots of army when they are retreating

describe napoleans exiles and death

- 1814 - forced to abdicate and exiled to elba (island near italy)

- - escaped exile, returned to france and regained control

- - attempted to conquer europe again, but defeated at waterloo

- 1821 - exiled to saint helena and died

describe haiti

saint domingue (haiti) was a french caribbean colony

- relied on slave labor for sugar and coffee production

what happened in 1791 in haiti

slaves revolt against white plantation owners

describe the aftermath of the slave revolt in haiti

- 1801 - Toussaint L'Ouverture gained control of the colony

- - drafted a constitution that guaranteed equality of all

- 1804 - napolean invaded, but was defeated

- became a republic

- haiti becomes 2nd in americas to gain independence (US first)

what happened in 1808 w napolean and spain

napolean invaded spain

- severed the link w american colonies

describe mexican creole revolts

- 1810 - father miguel hidalgo called for a revolt against spain, but was executed

- 1821 - creole spanish generals declared independence

describe south american creole revolts

- 1808 - jose de san martin liberated rio de la plata (in argentina)

- 1821 - simon bolivar liberated new granada and peru

results of creole revolts

- caudillos (military generals) gained control - dictators

- - prevented democracy and equality

- fragmentataion and regionalism