Napolian Class Notes
- born in Corsica in Italy.
- Father apart of noble family,
- not wealthy,
- 8 siblings,
- Corsica just got out of french control,
- Neapolitan was boarded in a military academy as a teen, (auxiliary)
- Tensions high in France since they were in revolution, leaving them bank rubbed
- huge mom would fill the streets in Paris
- King Louis the 16 was killed/beheaded
- many armies ready to invade France
- saved revolution government, receiving a rank (general)
- put in command of army in Italy
- came out victorious
- advanced onto Vivian
- french gov still in charged
- 1797 con-quested in Egypt
- attempt to disrupt English trade
- french navy didn’t have same dominance as they did on sea, the land France army was better
- restore nobility in France
- Napoleon called himself emperor
- shows irony
- Napolian is only one in France able to beat other armies
- clossing gaps between rich and poor
- 1805 machu… was in his control
- Napolian lost his navy, making England saved from France
- Napolian view himself as invincible
- continued conquest
- put loyalist government, then relatives to make sure they’re doing everything correct. them
- Britian and Russia are his real enemies
- Created a continental system for every country in Europe had to transfer hoods at land, and not at sea since his land army was stronger than the Navy.
- Spain is only a major country who ignored this, so he created a peninsular war between Spain, Portugal, and Great Britain
- lasted 1808-1814
- had his armies to attempt to hold down their trade
- Spain stopped using the peninsular trade, and traded with Britain
- Spain and Russia would harass the men back
- 10k men were fit to combat
- 1814 Paris fell to the 6 collision
- Napolian was finally beat, getting exiled
- but came back and started the war again for 100 days campaign
- won first few engagement
- then got defeated by Persia and someone else
- S. Helena spent the rest of his life here, and slowly died with cancer
- his ideas still spread making him
- “Alive”