Napoleon Bonaparte
- Born on island of Corsica
- At the age of nine he was sent to a military school
- Graduated from school at the age of 16
- He quickly became an artillery Lt. for the French army
- He was very keen to studying different strategies
Revolution
- When the French Rev began Napoleon joined the French Republic side
- Hated the idea of a monarchy
- Did a good job of rallying his troops to defeat the French Loyalists, 1st Coalition and the 2nd
- He picked the right side
Moving up the ranks (Napoleon)
- Artillery Lt.
- Captain
- Commander
- General
- Emperor
- 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 France in 1795.
Where he fought
- Italy
- Austria
- Netherlands
- Malta
- Egypt
- Syria
- He fought battles to his east and to his west. This became a alot of his downfalls. Who else made a giant mistake
Good things that he accomplished
- Helped bring down the end of the monarchy
- He cleaned and spent a lot of money into Paris and made it the Paris that France loves to this very day
- Also founded the French banking system
- Created a fair and legal modern code
- Code is still practiced today
Some bad things Napoleon did
- Crowned himself emporer- even though he hated the monarchy
- Popularity got the best of him
- Invaded nearly every country in Europe and was succesful un defeating many of them
- Crowned his baby boy to be the king of rome at 2 years of age
- Put many other relatives in charge of differnt countries
- Started many wars that cost millions of lives both French and other
- When he started losing the enemies were getting closer, France turned his over to the English
- They exiled him to St Helena and he lived there under their guard for seven years
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