Napoleonic Wars

Almost all of Europe and the parts of the rest of the world that were part of the European Empires: Specifically, the most important/largest countries involved included the French, British, Ottoman, Austrian and Russian Empires, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, Italy, and the United States from 1812

Not really. Certainly the young officers fought well but as with most wars, it was won by the everyday rifleman under the guidance of expert NCO's.

This decision was the most unwise of all because napolean did not have that power. He did not have enough men. Russia reached to the "scorched earth policy" napolean should of knew that he was doomed from that point on.

Most see him only as the man who defeated Napoleon. His service to the UK as a General Officer and Field Marshall covers 60 battles. His life as the Prime Minister, MP, House of Lords and Commander in Chief of the British Army was equally as impressive.

since both sides fighting against each other in the civil war were American, every casualty was an American casualty, as opposed to wars where the enemy side was from another nation. That, combined with new warfare technology like the gunboat, the mortar, primitive machines guns and hand grenades, and canister shots made the civil war the deadliest war

The British infantry used the Brown Bess Musket. Some units had the Baker Rifle. Cavalry carried straight swords or sabres. Napoleon thought the rifle too slow to re load. The French & others used lancers as some cavalry, Uhlans in german. Artillery varies in calibre from 3 to 64 pounders, though in the field a weight of shot larger than 12 pounds was uncommon, unless used in a siege role.

Muskets in this era were flintlocks; a piece of flint struck a steel frizzen to ignite a pan of powder, the ignition of which ignited a powder charge in the barrel, which forced a round lead ball down a smooth bore with a great deal of windage (the barrel was larger than the ball so that fouling would not make it impossible to load). These weapons were almost all loaded by ramming the ball and the powder down the muzzle end (artillery and small arms included).

Rifles were slow to reload because the round had to fit tightly so that the barrel's grooves would spin the bullet. This was effected by the use of a leather patch, and the whole had to be pushed down very hard. Fouling made it nearly impossible to reload rifles after very few shots, so they had to be cleaned constantly. Rifles were uncommon and unpopular, and were used by only two British Regiments (the 95th and 60th), a number of Prussian and Austrian Jager units, and American woodsmen.

Artillery consisted of guns (cannon), which fired directly at the enemy and delivered either solid iron balls, or 'canister' (a hail of smaller balls); howitzers, which generally fired indirectly and delivered explosive rounds; and mortars, which used indirect fire to attack entrenched positions, or the interiors of fortresses with usually fuzed explosive bombs.

Actually, he sort of didn't "ask" for it; the American government sent an envoy to offer him money for New Orleans. Napoleon offered far more territory than the Americans were asking for, at a price that was only slightly higher than they had been willing to pay for New Orleans alone.

The United Kingdom inherited the role of being the dominant world power as a result of the Napoleonic Wars.

The Napoleonic Code.

Empoyment based on merit.

Public education.

Public works and urban renewal.

He got rid of thre French Revolutionary Calendar.

Privilege was not based on birth.

Because of power and greed! because the world is follish

Napoleon, once in power, began to recreate the French government, repairing it from the damage it took after the fail of the French Revolution.

The correct answer is the Prussian army of Gebhard von Blucher, and the Anglo-Allied army of the Duke of Wellington as the victors, and Napoleon Bonaparte (the French dictator) and his top general Michael Ney along with the French army as the defeated.

The Hundred Days is the lapse of time which passed between Napoleon's escape from the Isle of Elba, Feb.26, 1815 and his renounce to his Imperial Rights, on June 22, 1815, four days after the Battle of Waterloo.

Increased economic opportunity
One of the main effects was the purchase of the Louisiana territory. Napoleon had made a secret pact with Spain to cede to France the immense trans- Mississippi region. The transfer took place in 1802 when Spain withdrew the right of deposit guaranteed in the treaty of 1795. These rights were vital to the farmers who floated their produce down the Mississippi to reach the ocean going vessels. With the area in the hands of France Jefferson was worried about the future and a war that it might bring. To get Napoleon out of the area the US would have to fight to dislodge him, and the American army was not strong enough against the French. In 1803 he sent Monroe to Paris to buy New Orleans and as much land to the east as they could for 10,000,000. Napoleon decided to sell all of Louisiana and forget his dream of a New World empire. Bonaparte was about to end the 20 month lull in his conflict with England and since they controlled the seas he might be forced to make them a gift of the Louisiana area. Rather than drive America into the arms of the British he decided to sell the huge wilderness and pocket the money for schemes closer to home. He hope that with the large area the United States would grow up and stop the ambitions of the British in the New World. The problems in Europe paved the way for American success. On April 30, 1803 a treaty was signed ceding Louisiana to the US for 15,000,000.

The main resolution of the Civil War of 1860 - 1965 was that it ain't right to keep people as slaves. Some cultures in Africa and Arab countries have not learned that to date. Some people are slow learners and they also tend to follow Islam. Mike

That battle was fought on 18 June 1815 near Brussels, Belgium.

With armed ships and land armies armed with cannons and muskets. They joined forces with other European nation, and together the Allied European nations defeated Napoleon for the last time at Waterloo.

Although Britain always opposed Napoleon, they mostly did so at sea and by subsidising the war efforts of numerous mainland allies. It was only during the Peninsular war and the 1815 campaign ending at Waterloo that British armies fought Napoleon's troops on Continental Europe.

The War Hawks wanted the British out of Canada. They also wanted British to stop helping the Native Americans.

NEW RESPONDENT

They also wanted to put an end to:

the British practice of taking seamen from American ships on the high sea,

the British violation of American territorial waters,

the British use of naval blockades,

the British nonacceptance of American reexport trade.

It was not essential, it was not desireable and it was potentially dangerous.

Truthfully the answer to this question is really based on how you look at it.

My view is yes. I believe that if we did not have a civil war we would be split or possibly made part of some other country like France. Our nation's army was divided in half so if another country tried to attack, we would have been murdered due to the fact that we didn't have the man power we needed to withstand such an attack. Since the North won the war, they required for the South to promise never split from the Union. Now we have a nation who has the strongest military power and the strongest government in the world.

Other people may say that Civil Was was not needed. They believe that either one of two things would have happened. One would be that America would be a country with slaves. The other possibility is that people would have realized that slavery couldn't last forever.

So whether or not it was just depends how you look at it.

If Napoleon had won then France would have continued to be the greatest power in Europe, and would not have been eclipsed by England: France would have become a large and wealthy country that dominated Europe. The 'what ifs' would go on forever about what MIGHT have happened or what COULD have happened if this HAD happened but it didn't.

The European Union would have formed much more earlier.

The sole reason Napoleon placed the embargo on England was too force them to concede to his demands. he believed that if England's trade resources were cut off then they would suffer, although this had the reverse affect. Continental Europe suffered far greater than did England; this led to a large set back in Napoleon's quest for world domination.

French Casualties - around 25, 000 killed or wounded and 7,000 captured

British and Aliies- around 15, 000 killed or wounded

Prussian - around 7,000 killed or wounded

Total Casualties - around 47,000

During Napoleonic battles roughly 1 out of 4 casualties were killed or died of wounds soon after so-

47,000 divided by 4 computes to 11750.

So the answer to your question is roughly under 12000 French, British, Allied and Prussian soldiers were killed or died of wounds at the Battle of Waterloo.

Please see John Etling's "Swords Around A Throne" for further reading.

When the Prussian army arrived on the right flank of the French.

Congress of Vienna was a meeting of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Wenzel von Metternich. It was held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815.