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Napoleon was born on a small island Corsica
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Napoleon becomes the head of the French state and establishes the consulate, the government before Napoleon was the emperor
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After studying strategy, he graduated and became an an officer when he was sixteen.
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He made his way up the ranks and became general, defeating many other armies.
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He declared himself the first consul for life and started to build a new regime in his own image.
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Napoleon signed the concordat with Pope Pius VII redefining the status of the Catholic church in France. It also gave Napoleon the right to nominate bishops within the church
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It was France’s first coherent set of laws. It gave people the privileges based on their birth, whether you were a male or female, legitimate or illegitimate children. It also allowed freedom of religion and said that highest government jobs are given to the most qualified.
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He declared himself the first Emperor of the French
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The loss of this batted ensured that the British would never be taken over by the French.
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Napoleon created the continental system to stop Great Britain’s exports and imports with Europe. He was trying to ruin their economy.
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Napoleon marched his Grande armee into Russian, thinking it would be an easy victory, they were almost completely wiped out in six months.
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Napoleon was banished to the mediterranean island Elba when the offer of his stepping down was rejected.
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It was a congress of European ambassadors that would settle issues they were having at the time.
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This was Napoleon’s last defeat that signaled the end of his reign. He was defeated by the British and Prussians.
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The island Napoleon was sent to after the French handed him over to the British, where he inevitably died at at the age of 51.
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Napoleon died on the island St Helena at the age of 51