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The Birth Of Napoleon
Napoleon was born in a town in France called Corsica. Corsica is off the coast of the mediterranean sea, and is an island. He was born on August 15, 1769. -
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Napoleon Rises in Military Power
Napoleon went to military boarding school at age 10, and has been involved ever since. He was constantly rising in power in the french army. Napoleon was very outgoing that he was upgraded in military rankings. This was just the beginning of his journey soon to be the ruler of France. -
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An Unsuccessful Attempt
Napoleon managed to hide his loss of this military campaign. This disaster of what tried to be a successful expedition started when he wanted to sabotage the trade network between british and india. He his trying not let the other French leaders know of this unsuccessful journey, so he censored the press after that. -
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Coup d’état
This phrase means “blow to the state”. This means that when people don't like the government it is a term to say that they are going to overthrow it. In this case it means that the military of france is going to overthrow the french government. -
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Napoleon Snipes the Throne
To show that he is now the leader of france, Napoleon takes the throne. He takes the throne by taking the crown and putting it on his own head. Napoleon took all of the power away from the pope and left it all for himself. -
The Napolonic Code
This is a new set of laws that Napoleon made up along with J. J. Cambaceres. The Napoleonic code took them about 80 meetings over the course of 4 years to complete. The purpose of it being written was to try to make the people equal and give other rights. -
The Battle of Trafalgar
Napoleon had big hopes and dreams. One that he aspired was to rule the entire continent of Europe. He was planning to invade britain. -
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The New King of Spain: Joseph Bonaparte
After being king of italy, he later on takes the throne for spain soon after. Napoleon saw Joseph as a threat to power and didnt like it, since Napoleon wanted to have all power of Europe. Napoleon wanted to find a way still to take over the continent and have total control. -
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The Battle of Wagram
The Battle of Wagram was very costly and effected the government tremendously. Austiria and Napoleon came to amments and became allies again. The two made up after loosing so much money for thier countires for this battle. -
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Napoleon and The Grand Empire
Napoleon decides to make his own big empire after getting over his losses. He successfully used his powerful to his advantage by having 40,000 troops. He would use these troops to control the people forcing them to follow his lead of his decisions for France. -
Napoleon Invades Russia
Napoleon decided to invade Russia with 50,000 horses and 60,000 soldiers. Napoleon's goal is still to take over the whole continent and he felt that invading Russia would be a part to this plan to make his dream come true. This being another unsuccessful loss to Napoleon because they had to turn back. They had to turn back because it was so cold, and they had little food. Only about 20,000 of his soldiers survived because of these harsh living conditions. -
Napoleons Exile to Elba
After Napoleon was taken out of France’s power, they did not want him around anymore. Their next problem was where to put him, since they weren't going to kill him. Their solution was to ship him off to a small island called Elba where he was imprisoned. -
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Napoleon is Taken Out of Power
Together the countries of Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia defeated Napoleon in Leipzig. These countries had enough of Napoleon being obnoxious, and hungry to control all of the continent of Europe. The effect of this is that they took Napoleon out of power, and kicked out of France for good. -
Napoleon Returns to Paris
Now Napoleon is going to make a comeback, and enter Paris. The citizens of france were happy to see his return and wanted him to stay. While on the other hand other leaders were not happy of this return and wanted him to go back to Elba and stay there. -
The Battle of Waterloo
Waterloo is a small town in Belgium where other armies were ready to capture Napoleon. After they captured him they would not let him return to France. They believed that he had done too much damage to roam France with pride, and should leave forever. -
Napoleons Last Exile
This is Napoleon's last time being taken away from France, and this time he will not return again. He later on died in prison in 1821, and he will never be forgotten.. Everyone will remember his legacy and the positive impact, and negative impact he had on society.
