Napoleon+Bonaparte

Keven Nguyen


 * //What led to the downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte?//**

Outline:

Invasion of Russia:

- Russian nobility pressures Alexander to break the Russo-French alliance - **Continental System**: Napoleon's large embargo that was placed on Britain to prevent trade and eventually deprive their economy - Russia abandons continental system and Napoleon threatens war if they side with Britain - Napoleon declares war and prepares to invade Russia - Russia retreats and lets the French army invade deep into Russia and before the French knew it, winter came - War lasted longer than what Napoleon expected and he was afraid of losing control of his country - While retreating, French army suffers numerous losses due to the bitter Russian winter

War of the 6th Coalition:

- **6th coalition**: consists of Prussia, Austria, Sweden, Russia, Great Britain, Spain, and Portugal - Napoleon inflicted a number of defeats at Battle of Dresden - He loses at the Battle of Leipzig; 90,000 total casualties - Due to an enemy with three times more soldiers then Napoleon, Paris was captured - **Michel Ney**: one of the original 18 marshals of France - Ney and a couple of other generals mutiny against Napoleon, Napoleon is forced to give up unconditionally - **Treaty of Fontainebleau**: Ended Napoleon's rule as emperor and exiled him to Elba - Napoleon escapes from Elba and gathers an army - Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia ally together and to end his rule once and for all - **Battle of Waterloo**: Where Napoleon is decisively defeated - Louis XVIII is restored back to the French Throne - Napoleon was then exiled to Saint Helena and eventually died on May 5th, 1821

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