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Napoleon Was Born
He was born in Corsica, an island in the Mediterranean. He spoke an italian accent. His family was not very rich, but he won a scholarship to a famous military school for education. He had many oppurtunities when the Revolution came to Europe. -
Napoleon Became a Captain
He was a captain in the military for 2 years. -
Napoleon Became Brigadier General
Two years after he became a general, the Comittee of Public Safety named him a Brigadier General. -
Napoleon Becomes Commander of the French Armies In Italy
There, he won a series of battles and he became famous for speed, suprise, and decisive action. He defeated the armies of the Papal states and their Austrian Allies. -
Napoleon Returns To France a Hero
Napoleon suggested striking indirectly at Britain by taking Egypt. -
British defeats naval French forces
They defeated Napoleons army. Napoleon abandoned his army and fled to Paris. -
Coup D'etat
Napoleon took part in this and overthrew the Directory. He took leadership and set up the consulate. It was a republic, but Napoleon held the power. He was first called Consul. In 1802 he becane the consul for life. Two years later he crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I. -
Catholic Church
This year he agreed with the Catholic Church that the majority of France practiced catholicism as their religion. The church was no longer an enemy of the church. -
Civil Code
Also called the Napoleonic Code It preserved many of the same principles that the revolutionaries fought for. Equality, Right of an individual to chose a proffession, religious toleration, & the abolition of many serfdoms still left. -
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Napoleon was Master of Europe
Composed of three parts, allied states, dependant states, and The French empire. -
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Aristocracies
During this time Napoleon created 3,200 nobles. 60% were of the middle class. -
Waterloo Belgium
Napoleon met his match in a battle here. Met a combination of British and Prussian armies under the lead of Duke of Wellington. Napoleon was in exile until his death in 1821.
