Romina said 1/11...

Hi Ms. Separ this is my first time writing a blog, so I will try my best to do it right. Today in class we learned more about Napoleon and how he was defeated by the other nations. On December 1812 he returned to Paris from Russia. On January 1814 the Anti French Collision enters France and Paris falls in March 1814. After that Napoleon abdicates the throne and Louis XIII is put into power. Napoleon is exiled from France and is forced to live in Elba, an island not too far form France. Since he was so close to France he is still able to control things and on March 1815 he gets hold of Paris again. The French army is to see him and since he still had their support is was not difficult for him to regain power after Louis XIII leaves France because he does not want to deal with more problems and have the same thing that happened to the last king happen to him. Napoleons rule over France was called the 100 Days Rule. The British were furious at this and lead another attack on France. Napoleon is finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo. To make sure Napoleon will not come back to France and gain power over France again he is exiled to St. Helena, an extremely isolated island where he lives there from 1815 to 1821 and eventually dies on 1821. We learned that one of Napoleons greatest accomplishments was the Code of Napoleon, which was the French civil code of law. This showed that Napoleon allowed things such as freedom of religion and civil liberty. However, women did not have many rights and were often treated harshly.
The question now is what will happen to France and to all the land the French Conquered. A meeting was held called Congress of Vienna. Austria, Prussia, Russia, England, and even France discussed what would happen to France and its captured land. However, although the decisions these countries made would change the world for the next 100 years, they only devoted three days to discussing the issue. The meeting lasted a month and for the most part they held parties and social events. Though one thing they all agreed on was that they wanted old school conservative ways of life to come back before Napoleon ever came into power. One thing they realized was that they could not punish the French too severely, if they did than that would angry France and the last thing they needed was another war. They thought that by making everyone content was the best way to do things.

That pretty much covers everything we discussed today. Also don’t forget that our projects are due tomorrow and tonight’s homework is to complete the work sheet on The Congress of Vienna. I hope I mentioned everything important that was said today!:)

Next up…Brian J