The Restauration

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The Restauration

Today

Napoleon and his aftermath	15 min
Revise French Revolution	25 min

After today you can:

*  give two reasons why Napoleon was so populair

* describe what his biggest mistake was

* explain the importance of the Congress of Vienna for Europe

Napoleon, the emperor

• Coup in 1799
• Ruled like a dictator
• May 1804: French Senate agrees to name Napoleon as emperor of the French
• Napoleon crowns himself, pope only a witness

The Napoleonic Wars

• Made Napoleon famous
• 1792-1815: seven wars
• Napoleon won about 60 battles, lost just a few
• Code Napoleon in all regions controlled by France

First defeat

• Russians refused to stop trading with Britain
• Napoleon went to war with 500.000 soldiers
• Food shortages, extreme weather, bad infrastructure, terrible hygienic conditions
• Only 50.000 returned home

Waterloo

• Napoleon was exiled (Elba)
• He escaped and returned to power
• June 1815: Battle of Waterloo
• Napoleon defeated by a European coalition
• Exiled again (St. Helena) and died there (1821)

So what now? The Congress of Vienna

(1814-1815)

The Restauration

• Europe needed peace and stability
• Most wanted a return to power to the former rulers
• Holy Alliance - Austria, Russia and Prussia wanted to restore monarchies

Congress of Vienna

1814-15 Congress of Vienna

Assembly of several European countries in Vienna after the victory over Napoleon, where the future of Europe was discussed.

• Countries surrounding France were strengthened (Netherlands, Prussia)
• Restoration, return of power to ancient royal families who had ruled European countries before Napoleon.
• Monarchs  helped each other to fights revolutions.

Kingdom of the Netherlands

1815 Battle of Waterloo > Napoleon defeated 

1814-15 Congress of Vienna

Victorious countries redrew map of Europe. 

They were conservative. Against new revolutionary ideas about freedom, equality and brotherhood.

Wanted a strong state north of France.

Do the pretest

Done do the revision exercises online Eduhint.

Revise - workbook

Chapter 5.4

2C, 4A, 5, 7, 8A, 8B

Chapter 5.5

1C, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8A, 8B, 9A, 9B, 11

Next week: practice test plus test prep