Napoleon Bonaparte: the beginning-born on the island of Corsica on 1769. at the age of 9, Napoleon was sent to military school in France. graduated from school at the age of 16. he quickly became an artillery Lt. for the French army.
Revo- when the french revolution began Napoleon joined the side French republic. he hated the idea of monarchy. he did a good job of rallying his troops and helping the revolutionist defeat the french loyalist 1st Coalition, and 2nd Coalition. he picked the right side obviously.
Moving up in the ranks- Napoleon was an individual who had work this way up in life: Artillery Lt. Captain. Commander. General. Emperor.
Napoleon: Power- at the age of 26, he became the leader of the entire french army, this was a result of the power struggles that was occurring in Paris France in 1795.
Napoleon: where he fought- Italy. Austria. Netherlands. Malta. Egypt. Syria. he fought battles to his east and to his west. this became a lot of his downfall. who else made this giant mistake.
Good things that Napoleon Accomplished- he helped bring down the end of the monarchy and end the french revolution for a win for the 3rd estate. he cleaned and spent a lot of money into Paris and made it the Paris that France loves to this very day. he also founded the french banking system. he created a fair and legal modern code that appointed people ability more so then nobility. this code is still practiced and used to this day in france.
some Bad things- crowned himself emperor- even though he hated the monarchy. he really allowed his popularity to get the best of him at times. crowned his baby boy the King of Rome. he also put many other relative in charge of different countries. started many wars that cost millions of lives both french and other. when he started losing and the enemies were getting closer, France turned him over to the English.
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