Napolean+III+-+AG

Amy Geis Napolean III's Rule

1. Rise to Power
 * President of the French Republic, as Louis Napoleon
 * Napoleon "the small"
 * As a Bonaparte, believed he was destined to govern France
 * Patient, 3 years to win the support of the people
 * Opposition from the National Assembly
 * Posed as savior of universal male suffrage
 * Coup d'etat
 * troops arrested opposition leaders of his proposal
 * Elected to restore the Empire
 * Took on title of Napoleon III

2. The Second Napoleonic Empire 3. The Crimean War
 * Authoritarian rule
 * Chief of state, controlled armed forces, police, and civil service
 * The Legislative Corps: appearance of representative gov., but could not initiate legislation or affect budget.
 * Economic Expansion
 * new investment banks
 * Construction of roads, canals, railroads, etc
 * Iron production x3
 * Reconstruction of Paris
 * Under Baron Haussmann
 * broad boulevards, spacious buildings, circle plazas, public squares, underground sewage
 * military purpose: difficult for barricades, easier for movement of troops
 * Liberal Empire
 * Interest in public Opinion
 * Freedom of speech not permitted, limited freedom of assembly
 * Reports on public opinion
 * Opposition
 * Attempted to lower tariffs on foreign goods
 * Financial crash of 1857 - silkworm disease, plant lice in vineyards
 * Then permitted more freedoms
 * Who would benefit most from the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire
 * Russians demanded right to protect Christian shrines in Palestine
 * Ottomans refused, Russians invaded Ottoman Moldavia and Walachia
 * Ottomans declared war on Russia, along with France and Britain
 * Napoleon III offended by Russia
 * Britain and France attacked Russia's Crimean peninsula in the Black Sea
 * Russian fortress fell
 * Russia gave up land by Treaty of Paris
 * War broke up many relationships
 * Louis Napoleon the only one who benefited from war
 * Became aware of power of nationalism
 * Wanted to pursue a foreign policy that would champion national movements
 * Later proved disastrous