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THE RISE OF NAPOLEON
HE WAS BORN IN CORSICA -
MILITARY SUCCESSES
HE WAS TALENTED AND BECAME PART OF THE FRENCH ARMY -
MILITARY SUCCESSES
HE BECAME BRIGADIER GENERAL BY THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY -
HE RETURNED TO FRANCE AS A HERO
HE WANTED TO INVADE BRITAIN. -
CONSUL AND EMPEROR
HE OVERTHREW THE DIRECTORY AND SET UP THE CONSULATE -
EMPEROR
HE CROWNED HIMSELF EMPEROR NAPOLEON I -
NAPOLEON´S DOMESTIC POLICIES
HE ESTABLISHED PEACE WITH THE CHURCH. -
CODIFICATION OF THE LAWS
THE CIVIL CODE OR NAPOLEONIC CODE. -
A NEW BUREAUCRACY
HE CREATED A CENTRALIZED ADMINISTRATION AND A NEW KIND OF ARISTOCRACY. -
BUILDING THE EMPIRE
NAPOLEON´S GRAND ARMY DEFEATED THE AUSTRIAN, PRUSSIAN AND RUSSIAN ARMIES. -
BRITISH RESISTANCE
THE BRITISH NAVY DEFEATED THE COMBINED FRENCH-SPANISH FLEET AT TRAFALGAR. -
BUILDING THE EMPIRE
THE FRENCH EMPIRE. THE DEPENDENT STATES. THE ALLIED STATES. -
THE FALL OF NAPOLEON
HE MADE THE DECISION TO INVADE RUSSIA. HE WAS FORCED TO RETREAT. -
SPREADING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE REVOLUTION
HE SOUGHT TO SPREAD LEGAL EQUALITY, RELIGIOUS TOLERATION AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM. -
THE FINAL DEFEAT
BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
