Napoleon I
Napoleon's life was a very interesting one. Starting a poor boy, hated by most,
rising to rule a huge empire, and then finally being destroyed by his own
arrogance and ending his life humbled, remembering what he had doe, and leaving
it all in his memoirs for the world to read.
Napoleon was born in 1769, on the Island of Corsica. His parents, Carlo and
Letizia Bonaparte, were poor nobles. When Napoleon was just 10 years old, his
father helped to get him a mathematical scholarship to a military school at
Brienne. In the school, Napoleon was hated and considered a foreigner. With no
friends, Napoleon concentrated on academics, but still only graduated 42nd in us
class of 58. he then ...
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Paoli, and Napoleon and his
family fled to Marseille in 1793.
Later in 1793, the beginning of the French revolution, Napoleon led an
artillery brigade to push out a British fleet that the Royalists had allowed
in. Napoleon's mission was a success, and he was promoted to general, and
was assigned to the army in Northern Italy. During the early part of the
revolution, Napoleon had supported Maximilien Robespierre's revolutionary
group, and when Robespiere was overthrown in 1794, Napoleon spent two months
in jail for being associated with him. When he was released from jail,
Napoleon refused to fight a rebellion in Vandee, and he lost his military
position for it.
In 1795, Paul Barras, the military leader of a soon to be implemented
government, asked Napoleon to fight a revolt in Paris, Napoleon accepted,
and quickly ended the revolt. When the directory, the government Barras
was part of, came into power, they rewarded Napoleon by appointing him
the commander of the army of the ...
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and Austrians) were defeating French forces in Europe, so Napoleon
decided to return to France. When Napoleon arrived in Paris, he began a
conspiracy to overthrow the government. He succeeded, and created a new
government called the consulate, of which Napoleon became the first consul. As
consul, Napoleon made many good changes in France. He created the Napoleonic
code, which set up a complex code of civil law in the nation. He worked with
the Pope to reestablish the Roman Catholic faith in France. He also stabilized
the French economy, balancing the budget, established a national bank, and
restored the value of French bonds. In the mean time, Napoleon defeated Austria
in ...
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