Sulkowski Napoleon DBQ

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Time period before Napoleon

-Late 1700s

-French Revolution

-Directory

After Louis XVI was forced to call Estates General, what happened

-3rd Estate stall meeting with talks of more representation

-Seeing that it would not be given to them, the 3rd Estate says it is no longer a part of the Estates General but now the National Assembly that represents all of France

-When they returned and found the doors locked, they moved their meeting to the tennis court and took the Tennis Court Oath, pledging not to disband until they were seen as the National Assembly and penned a new constitution

What did the issues with Estates General combined with famine and inflation force the king into? What did this cause?

-moving troops when tensions were boiling

-this caused an uproar among the common people with hundred storming the Bastille for weapons to defend themselves

-this is generally known as the start of the French Revolution

Near the end of the Revolution…

-New leaders during the Directory phase were weaker, despite making efforts towards order with new implementations like a bicameral legislative system and supporting French military expansion

Because of the Directory’s weakness

-Napoleon overthrew them easily, with driving the British out, dazzling wins against the Austrians, capturing parts of North Italy, forcing the Habsburg emperor to make peace

-set up 3 man governing board known as the Consulate and drew up a constitution

-took on the title of First Consul (in charge for life)

With each part of his rise to his power he held

a plebiscite (popular vote) in which the people always supported him

Napoleon did do some good things such as

-introducing the Napoleonic code

• embodied Enlightenment principles like equality for citizens before the law, religious toleration, abolition of feudalism

However, Napoleon continued to further his reputation on the battlefield too, saying and doing:

-he did not care much for the lives of a million men, willing to risk them in a battle

-with this ideology he annexed -incorporated into his empire parts of Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany

-to defeat the British he implemented the Continental System, closing European ports to British goods which Britain responded to with its own blockade of European ports

-it ultimately failed, but is a symbol of how evil he is

Scorched Earth Policy

-though Russians were not as strong, they had a good tactic

-they continued to retreat eastwards and burned the places they passed to leave the French hungry

-French were not prepared with clothing to stay into the winter either, meaning they had to retreat

Who allied against France and defeated him? What did this cause him to do?

Russia, Britain, Austria, and Prussia, causing him to abdicate and be exiled to Elba

what happened after Napoleon was exiled the first time

-he returned from island exile,but the win was short lived

-defeated again at Waterloo, abdicated again and went to St. Helena

Order for Essay

P1- context 3-4 sentences

Thesis with although, ultimately (roadmap)

Use all 7 ideas

Paraphrase

At least 4 docs should be IPPed

One outside source

One rebuttal paragraph

IPP stands for

intended aud

pov

Purpose