Downfall of Napoleon
Nationalism
Good Across Europe citizens felt part of a larger group
Bad Guerilla Warfare in Spain weakened Napoleon’s power
•Russian concerns about: 1. French alliance with Austria 2. Growth of Grand Duchy of Warsaw 3. Continental System
The Continental System Stinks!!
CZAR ALEXANDER I OF RUSSIA
THIS MEANS WAR!!!!
Reasons for Defeat
•Too Far from France --- Supply lines stretched
•“Scorched Earth Policy”
•Harsh temperatures -40° F
•422,000 enter……………10,000 leave
Abdication and Exile
•Emergence of 4th Coalition: Russia, Britain, Austria, Prussia •Battle of Nations at Leipzig – 1813 •Napoleon ABDICATES; exiled to Elba
•Louis XVIII comes under fire •Napoleon sees an opportunity and escapes exile •June 18, 1815 – Battle of Waterloo •Napoleon defeated for last time by Duke of Wellington
ST. HELENA