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slavery, and Napoleon viewed it as a seditious act, so he sent his General to crush
the new regime.
3. LOuverture cooperated with France and turned over his army over to France,
where he was later arrested and deported to France (with his family).
4. Jean Jacques Dessalines united the resistance under his command and declared the
independence of Saint-Domingue (changed the name to Haitai).
D. The Grand Empire and Its End
1. Napoleon by 1810 controlled mass amounts of European lands. He was able to
become allied states with Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
2. Revolts in Spain occurred when the Catholics, monarchists, and patriots did not
want Spain to become a French satellite with a Bonaparte as its king.
3. Napoleon invaded Russia beginning in June 1812 (a force of 600,000).
4. Starvation and the Russian army cut Napoleons army to pieces (370,000 died and
200,000 had been taken prisoner).
5. Napoleons allies agreed to restore the Bourbon Dynasty, in which the new
monarch, Louis XVII (r. 1814-1824) took the throne.
6. Napoleon was arrested following the battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815. An era
had ended.