Napoleon Video

Study Napoleon Bonaparte's life using Online Video

Use these 2 online educational video titles to trace the brilliant career of Napoléon Bonaparte, a conqueror whose genius as a military strategist forged a new national spirit in France. Our video presentations follow Napoléon's rise to power in the wake of the French Revolution, his role as first consul, and his epic rule as crowned emperor of France. Explore the reasons for Napoléon's rapid downfall and final defeat at Waterloo, and his banishment for life to the tiny island of St. Helena.

Learning Objectives:

• Trace Napoléon's heroic and swift rise to power in the events that followed the French Revolution from his role as first consul to his rule as the crowned emperor of France
• Examine how Napoléon's dreams of empire helped forge a new national spirit in France.
• Survey key political and social changes resulting from Napoléon's reign, and discuss the significance of the Code Napoléon and the centralization of the French government.
• Gain an understanding of Napoléon's personification of the Romantic hero and his accomplishments and setbacks as a military strategist and conqueror, emperor and dictator.
• Identify important battles that occurred during Napoléon's quest to control all of Europe.
• Explore the reasons for Napoleon's ultimate loss of command, his rapid downfall and final defeat at Waterloo and his banishment for life to the remote island of St. Helena.

• History > 19TH Century World History > The Napoleonic Era
• The Rise of Napoleon (Runtime: 20:24)
• The Decline of Napoleon (Runtime: 18:19)