THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE

• IN 1804 NAPOLEON PROCLAIMED HIMSELF AS EMPEROR OF FRANCE

• HIS POLICY WAS EXPANSIONIST--------> WAR WITH UNITED KINGDOM (BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR), AUSTRIA (BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ) AND PRUSSIA (BATTLE OF JENA)

• NAPOLEON TRYED TO MAKE A CONTINENTAL BLOCKADE TO UK------> EXCEPT PORTUGAL

• IN 1812 FRANCE OCCUPIED RUSSIA

• IN 1813 A COALITION OF COUNTRIES (RUSSIA, PRUSSIA AND UNITED KINGDOM-----------> DEFEATED FRANCE IN THE BATTLE OF LEIPZIG

• IN 1814 NAPOLEON ABDICATED------> EXILE IN ELBA ISLAND

• LATER, NAPOLEON RETURNED TO THE POWER -----> "THE HUNDRED DAYS GOVERNMENT"

• IN 1815 NAPOLEON WAS DEFEATED IN WATERLOO AND HE WAS DEPORTED TO SAINT HELENA ISLAND