beginnings- born in island of corsica in 1769. at age of 9 he was sent to military school in france. graduated from school at age 16. was an artillary Lt. of french army. he was keen to studying different startegies.
revo- when it began, nepoleon joined the french republic side. he hated the idea of monarchy. he did a good job of rallying his troops and helping the revolutionists defeat the french royalists.
worked his ay up- artillery Lt., captain, commander, general, and emporer.
at age of 26, he became the leader of the entire french army, this was result from power struggle in france in 1795.
where he fought- italy, austria, netherlands, malta, egypt, syria. he fought on the east and the west. this was a lot of his downfall.
good things- helped bring down the end of monarchy, end of french revolution, for a win for the 3rd estate. he became very popular. he cleaned up and spent a lot of money in paris. he also founded the french banking system. he came up with the fair and legal modern code that appointed people on ability more so than nobility. still used this day in france.
bad things- crowned himself emporer even thiough he hated the monarchy so he was hipocritical. he let the popularity get the best of him often. invaded nearly every countryin europe was successful in defeating many of them. crowned his baby boy the "king of Rome" also put relatives in charge of things in the country. started mini wars that costed billions and trillions of dollars. french turned him over to the english when they kept losing. they exiled him to st. helena and he lived there for 7 years until he died.
Comments
2 paragraphs on nepoleon- was he a french hero or someone who took advantage of an oppurtinty?
and do i think the french would have won the revo war without him?