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Aidan Ayar, Napoleon Bonaparte and his early life

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Aidan Ayar, Napoleon Bonaparte and his early life

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- Born August 15, 1769.
- Born in Ajaccio, Corsica.
- He was the fourth of eleven children
- His parents were Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Romolino.
- At age ten entered a French military school.
- He was bullied by other students because of his lower social standing.
- Him being extremely short earned him the nickname “Little Corporal.”
- Napoleon received an excellent education.
- When Napoleon’s dad died he became the leader of his household.

https://www.notablebiographies.com/Mo-Ni/Napoleon-Bonaparte.html

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Napoleon rise to power

https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/napoleon-s-rise-to-power-c942b505-d0db-4fda-9df2-04afaf6c2b15

https://www.history.com/topics/france/napoleon

Napoleon was born in Corsica in 1769.

He attended military school at the age of 9, and graduates at the young age of 16.

Using his military knowledge he became the second lieutenant in an artillery regiment of the French army.

Despite Napoleon fighting against the French military during the Revolution; he would later be promoted to captain in Frances army.

Couple days after his marriage, he went off to war in Italy and was very successful with his invasion. He won several battles and lost barely any. This led to him getting Papal under control.

After being very successful with Italy, he matched his army south into Venice. Napoleon forced them to surrender, which was the first time in 1100 years that Venice was no longer independent.

After the war with Italy, he had a coup d’erat on the Royalists. This lead to him being known as the hero of the people.

In 1804 Napoleon would be crowned as Emperor for life by Pope Pius VII.

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Napoleon was born in Corsica, just 15 months after France had conquered it from Italy "I was born when [Corsica] was perishing. Thirty thousand Frenchmen spewed on to our shores, drowning the throne of liberty in waves of blood... The cries of the dying, the groans of the oppressed and tears of despair surrounded my cradle from the hour of my birth." Afterwards, many Corcians continued to rebel against French rule. Napoleon’s father Carlo however, conformed to France. Napoleon was ashamed of him because of this. Napoleon came to France for the first time at 9 years old where he attended military school. He learned French but kept his corcian accent, which made him a target of mockery. He grew up hating France and dreaming of an independent Corsica. His thinking changed as he got older. As the general of the French army, he conquered most of Italy by 1799. Napoleon made himself emperor of France. He set up the Cisalpine Republic in Italy where he served as king. He had direct control of northern and central Italy. When his only legitimate child (Napoleon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte) was born, he was immediately made King of Rome.
https://www.history.com/news/6-things-you-should-know-about-napoleon
https://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/n_myth/youth/page_1.html
https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/articles/how-napoleon-became-king-of-italy/

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After being defeated by the Russians Napoleon had then been exiled to the island of Elba which is near Italy. He was there for a whole but then he escaped by simply just getting on a boat.He came back to France and fought against the 7th coalition, and he  won the first few battles but eventually e started losing and it was finally the result of the battle was decided when he was beat in the battle of Waterloo. He was again sent to another island for exile. He was this time sent far away to a island that was near Africa.This island is called St Helena. And he lived out his days in a home that looked similar to Versailles.

Source:https://www.history.com/topics/france/napoleon

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Napoleon's Education and Early Military Career

Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. He was the second of eight surviving children born to Carlo Buonaparte (1746-1785), a lawyer, and Letizia Romalino Buonaparte (1750-1836). Although his parents were members of the minor Corsican nobility, the family was not wealthy. The year before Napoleon's birth, France acquired Corsica from the city-state of Genoa, Italy. Napoleon later adopted a French spelling of his last name.

As a boy, Napoleon attended school in mainland France, where he learned the French language, and went on to graduate from a French military academy in 1785. He then became a second lieutenant in an artillery regiment of the French army. The French Revolution began in 1789, and within three years revolutionaries had overthrown the monarchy and proclaimed a French republic. During the early years of the revolution, Napoleon was largely on leave from the military and home in Corsica, where he became affiliated with the Jacobins, a pro-democracy political group. In 1793, following a clash with the nationalist Corsican governor, Pasquale Paoli (1725-1807), the Bonaparte family fled their native island for mainland France, where Napoleon returned to military duty.

In France, Napoleon became associated with Augustin Robespierre (1763-1794), the brother of revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794), a Jacobin who was a key force behind the Reign of Terror (1793-1794), a period of violence against enemies of the revolution. During this time, Napoleon was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the army. However, after Robespierre fell from power and was guillotined (along with Augustin) in July 1794, Napoleon was briefly put under house arrest for his ties to the brothers.

In 1795, Napoleon helped suppress a royalist insurrection against the revolutionary government in Paris and was promoted to major general.

Did you know? In 1799, during Napoleon's military campaign in Egypt, a French soldier named Pierre Francois Bouchard (1772-1832) discovered the Rosetta Stone. This artifact provided the key to cracking the code of Egyptian hieroglyphics, a written language that had been dead for almost 2,000 years.

Napoleon's Rise to Power

Since 1792, France's revolutionary government had been engaged in military conflicts with various European nations. In 1796, Napoleon commanded a French army that defeated the larger armies of Austria, one of his country's primary rivals, in a series of battles in Italy. In 1797, France and Austria signed the Treaty of Campo Formio, resulting in territorial gains for the French.

The following year, the Directory, the five-person group that had governed France since 1795, offered to let Napoleon lead an invasion of England. Napoleon determined that France's naval forces were not yet ready to go up against the superior British Royal Navy. Instead, he proposed an invasion of Egypt in an effort to wipe out British trade routes with India. Napoleon's troops scored a victory against Egypt's military rulers, the Mamluks, at the Battle of the Pyramids in July 1798; soon, however, his forces were stranded after his naval fleet was nearly decimated by the British at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798. In early 1799, Napoleon's army launched an invasion of Ottoman Empire-ruled Syria, which ended with a failed siege of Acre, located in modern-day Israel. That summer, with the political situation in France marked by uncertainty, the ever-ambitious and cunning Napoleon opted to abandon his army in Egypt and return to France.

The Coup of 18 Brumaire

In November 1799, in an event known as the coup of 18 Brumaire, Napoleon was part of a group that successfully overthrew the French Directory.

The Directory was replaced with a three-member Consulate, and 5'7" Napoleon became first consul, making him France's leading political figure. In June 1800, at the Battle of Marengo, Napoleon's forces defeated one of France's perennial enemies, the Austrians, and drove them out of Italy. The victory helped cement Napoleon's power as first consul. Additionally, with the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, the war-weary British agreed to peace with the French (although the peace would only last for a year).

Napoleon worked to restore stability to post-revolutionary France. He centralized the government; instituted reforms in such areas as banking and education; supported science and the arts; and sought to improve relations between his regime and the pope (who represented France's main religion, Catholicism), which had suffered during the revolution. One of his most significant accomplishments was the Napoleonic Code, which streamlined the French legal system and continues to form the foundation of French civil law to this day.

In 1802, a constitutional amendment made Napoleon first consul for life. Two years later, in 1804, he crowned himself emperor of France in a lavish ceremony at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.

Napoleon's Marriages and Children

In 1796, Napoleon married Josephine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), a stylish widow six years his senior who had two teenage children. More than a decade later, in 1809, after Napoleon had no offspring of his own with Empress Josephine, he had their marriage annulled so he could find a new wife and produce an heir. In 1810, he wed Marie Louise (1791-1847), the daughter of the emperor of Austria. The following year, she gave birth to their son, Napoleon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte (1811-1832), who became known as Napoleon II and was given the title king of Rome. In addition to his son with Marie Louise, Napoleon had several illegitimate children.

The Reign of Napoleon I

From 1803 to 1815, France was engaged in the Napoleonic Wars, a series of major conflicts with various coalitions of European nations. In 1803, partly as a means to raise funds for future wars, Napoleon sold France's Louisiana Territory in North America to the newly independent United States for $15 million, a transaction that later became known as the Louisiana Purchase.

In October 1805, the British wiped out Napoleon's fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. However, in December of that same year, Napoleon achieved what is considered to be one of his greatest victories at the Battle of Austerlitz, in which his army defeated the Austrians and Russians. The victory resulted in the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire and the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine.

Beginning in 1806, Napoleon sought to wage large-scale economic warfare against Britain with the establishment of the so-called Continental System of European port blockades against British trade. In 1807, following Napoleon's defeat of the Russians at Friedland in Prussia, Alexander I (1777-1825) was forced to sign a peace settlement, the Treaty of Tilsit. In 1809, the French defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Wagram, resulting in further gains for Napoleon.

During these years, Napoleon reestablished a French aristocracy (eliminated in the French Revolution) and began handing out titles of nobility to his loyal friends and family as his empire continued to expand across much of western and central continental Europe.

Napoleon's Downfall and First Abdication

In 1810, Russia withdrew from the Continental System. In retaliation, Napoleon led a massive army into Russia in the summer of 1812. Rather than engaging the French in a full-scale battle, the Russians adopted a strategy of retreating whenever Napoleon's forces attempted to attack. As a result, Napoleon's troops trekked deeper into Russia despite being ill-prepared for an extended campaign. In September, both sides suffered heavy casualties in the indecisive Battle of Borodino. Napoleon's forces marched on to Moscow, only to discover almost the entire population evacuated. Retreating Russians set fires across the city in an effort to deprive enemy troops of supplies. After waiting a month for a surrender that never came, Napoleon, faced with the onset of the Russian winter, was forced to order his starving, exhausted army out of Moscow. During the disastrous retreat, his army suffered continual harassment from a suddenly aggressive and merciless Russian army. Of Napoleon's 600,000 troops who began the campaign, only an estimated 100,000 made it out of Russia.

At the same time as the catastrophic Russian invasion, French forces were engaged in the Peninsular War (1808-1814), which resulted in the Spanish and Portuguese, with assistance from the British, driving the French from the Iberian Peninsula. This loss was followed in 1813 by the Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of Nations, in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by a coalition that included Austrian, Prussian, Russian and Swedish troops. Napoleon then retreated to France, and in March 1814 coalition forces captured Paris.

On April 6, 1814, Napoleon, then in his mid-40s, was forced to abdicate the throne. With the Treaty of Fontainebleau, he was exiled to Elba, a Mediterranean island off the coast of Italy. He was given sovereignty over the small island, while his wife and son went to Austria.

Hundred Days Campaign and Battle of Waterloo

On February 26, 1815, after less than a year in exile, Napoleon escaped Elba and sailed to the French mainland with a group of more than 1,000 supporters. On March 20, he returned to Paris, where he was welcomed by cheering crowds. The new king, Louis XVIII (1755-1824), fled, and Napoleon began what came to be known as his Hundred Days campaign.

Upon Napoleon's return to France, a coalition of allies-the Austrians, British, Prussians and Russians-who considered the French emperor an enemy began to prepare for war. Napoleon raised a new army and planned to strike preemptively, defeating the allied forces one by one before they could launch a united attack against him.

In June 1815, his forces invaded Belgium, where British and Prussian troops were stationed. On June 16, Napoleon's troops defeated the Prussians at the Battle of Ligny. However, two days later, on June 18, at the Battle of Waterloo near Brussels, the French were crushed by the British, with assistance from the Prussians.

On June 22, 1815, Napoleon was once again forced to abdicate.

Napoleon's Final Years

In October 1815, Napoleon was exiled to the remote, British-held island of Saint Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. He died there on May 5, 1821, at age 51, most likely from stomach cancer. (During his time in power, Napoleon often posed for paintings with his hand in his vest, leading to some speculation after his death that he had been plagued by stomach pain for years.) Napoleon was buried on the island despite his request to be laid to rest "on the banks of the Seine, among the French people I have loved so much." In 1840, his remains were returned to France and entombed in a crypt at Les Invalides in Paris, where other French military leaders are interred.

Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

"The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope."

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

"Envy is a declaration of inferiority."

"The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment."

"If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing."

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Napoleon Bonaparte - Biography, Facts & Death

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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d'état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804.

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Napoleon’s Military Failures- Joash Abraham

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Napoleon’s Military Failures- Joash Abraham

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Napoleon was a skilled strategist and fighter. However his weakness was naval battles, since his strengths laid on land. An example of this type of battle soon became known as the battle of Trafalgar, which occurred on October 21, 1805. Napoleon’s navy was a combination of 18 French and 15 Spanish ships. It was a total of 33 ships against the 27 British vessels. Napoleon still managed to loose despite his large number. It was the skill of the English that gave them the victory.Napoleon realized that land based battles were his strong suite. Soon, he decided to enter the Russian empire. His army held an impressive number of around 600,000 men. Sadly, Napoleon only returned with a small number of around 10,000. When France acknowledged this, they realized of his inability to remain victorious. Napoleon’s reputation was ruined and he was exiled to the Island of Elba on April 11, 1814.

Source:https://www.history.com/news
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Trafalgar-European-history

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Josephine Bonaparte was Napolean’s first wife. Before her marriage to Napoleon, she had married other men, had a dispute, and divorced them. While married to Napoleon, she rejected Napolean’s letters expressing his love. While he was on the battlefield, Josephine cheated on Napolean which led to Napolean’s distrust in her and they were close to a divorce. After the couple renewed their marriage under the new titles of emperor and empress, Josephine hoped their marriage would be steady. However, her eccentricity and inability to give Napoleon a child (which meant no heir to his throne) resulted in an annulment of their marriage.
Source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Josephine

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Maya Davis- Napoleon and the education system

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Maya Davis- Napoleon and the education system

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Napoleon established many systems in attempts to restore order in France after the revolution. Some of these laws closed the social gap between the rich and poor. An example of this was his reforming of the education system; he wanted a form of widespread education (including religion). In his establishment of the school system, him including Catholicism appealed to individuals. This was putting into action the agreement he signed with the Pope saying he would restore Catholicism (the concordat). Napoleon started Lycées: uniform schools for boys. White boys between the age of 10-16, rich or poor, were able to attend these schools. He thought education for girls was important as well, but different subjects should be taught. According to him, girls should be taught domestic skills to be good housewives and mothers (in addition to some other basic subjects like writing).

Source: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi5jtLxzcX0AhXqRzABHXVZBU4QFnoECBcQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.napoleon-series.org%2Fresearch%2Fsociety%2Fc_education.html&usg=AOvVaw1thdBV2TCpTBeuNezPVO9l

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Maahi Patel: Napoleon and the Russia Invasion 

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Maahi Patel: Napoleon and the Russia Invasion 

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The Russians would ambush Napoleon and his army while they were trying to invade Russia. His army would get sniped and most of their supplies would be lost due to fires, the Russians would burn villages down. Napoleon had to leave Moscow because the French army had to be forced out of Russia because Moscow was deserted and burning. Fires would break out and Napoleons army had their winter quarters destroyed. Napoleon’s army was also starving while they were in Moscow. Napoleon started off with 600,000 men while he was on his way to Moscow and while he was going back to Paris he had lost 400,000 men.
Source: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/napoleon-retreats-from-moscow

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Napoleon’s Military Record - Lokkit Sanjay Babu Narayanan

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Napoleon’s Military Record - Lokkit Sanjay Babu Narayanan

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Napoleon’s military career of 20 years is not particularly long, when compared to other generals like Caesar or Patton, but he, over the span of 70 engagements is the best military strategist of all time. He was an expert artillery commander and reformed the outdated French Army to win battles rapidly and preventing the opponent from ever having a chance to fight back. Out of his 70 battles, he emerged victorious from 62 of them, only losing 8. His most decisive and best overall battle according to me is either Austerlitz or Jena-Auerstedt. At Austerlitz, Napoleon was outnumbered by the Russian and Austrian Coalition, but ended up winning the battle suffering only 2,000 men either killed or captured, compared to over 35,000 causalities or captured men for the Coalition troops. This is the battle where Napoleon’s legacy was secured forever. At the battle of Jena-Auerstedt, Napoleon had roughly 60,000 troops compared to Prussia’s 120,000 troops. Due to Napoleon’s skill, not only did the French win the twin battles, but Napoleon suffered only 12,000 casualties when compared to over 41,000 casualties for Prussian troops. These battles were all fought against the best generals at the time, including the German General Blucher, the British General Wellington and the Russian General Kutuzov. All of these men were among the best Generals of their time, but still nothing when compared to Napoleon.
Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_career_of_Napoleon_Bonaparte

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Napoleon was born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio, on a Mediterranean island of Corsica

He began his education at an all boys school in Ajaccio, then at the age of 9, his parents sent him to French military school

He had 8 brothers and sisters and was at wealthy

When his father died, Napoleon led his household

Napoleon was very short, at the age of 16 he was only 5’2

He became an artillery lieutenant, and he studied strategy, learned public speaking, and joined the winning side of the French Revolution

Napoleon was part of a group that overthrew the French Directory during an event called the coup of 18 Brumaire

Napoleon took 600,000 men to the campaign and only returned with 100,000

Napoleon was exiled to a small island and he eventually died at the age of 51 from stomach cancer

Source: https://www.history.com/topics/france/napoleon

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Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769 in Corsica. He was born after Corsica was taken over by the French and his parents were Carlo Bonaparte and Letizia Rampling. Growing up, he strongly disliked the French because they took over the place of his birth. At the age of 9, Napoleon was already fairly educated and throughout the course of the next 5 years he would go to attend several military schools. His father died of stomach cancer at the age of 16 and around this time he also graduated from military school. He joined the French military and over the years he quickly went up the ranks to from captain to general to commander and from then on he achieved things for France that would forever change its history.

Source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I

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Napoleon and the Rosetta Stone-Chris Collins

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Napoleon and the Rosetta Stone-Chris Collins

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Napoleons army found the Rosetta Stone on their journey to Egypt. Napoleon thought of himself as a great military leader but also a scientist. He was elected membership to the National Institute. When Napoleon set off with his army to block Britain trade routes it wasn’t just Napoleon and his army. Since they were exploring Napoleon brought scientists, engineers, and scholars. He wanted France to learn the topography, environment, culture, and history of Egypt. One of Napoleon’s Captains Pierre Francois-Xavier Bouchard came across a slab. When the slab was recognized it was the Rosetta Stone.

Source:https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67270/15-epic-facts-about-napoleon-bonaparte

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-Napoleon was born on the 15th of August in 1769.

-He was born on the island of Corsica.

-Napoleon was born after the Genoese surrendered the island to France.

-Napoleon was born to Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia.

-Napoleon’s father was against the French takeover at first but then he comes to terms with France.

-Napoleon’s father became the assessor of the judicial district of Ajaccio.

-Corsica is an Italian island about 56 miles away from Italy and 105 miles away from France.

-Napoleon only stayed on Corsica until 9 years old.

-In January of 1779 he went to mainland France for the first time.

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Napoleon and the Corsican Dilemma - part 1https://www.napoleon.org › ... › Articles

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I

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Napoleon’s invasion attempt in Russia - Alex Amodio

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Napoleon’s invasion attempt in Russia - Alex Amodio

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Napoleon attempted to invade Russia after Russia stopped using the continental system that Napoleon set in place to stop trade with Britain. This invasion in Russia however would end up being a failure after Napoleon entered Russia with 680,000 men and left with only 10,000 men. Russia managed to defeat Napoleon through a strategy called scorched Earth, where Russia would destroy and burn everything as they retreated deeper into Russia. Once Napoleon reached Moscow  he found the city was burned and the Russian winter was soon approaching so he fled Russia and only made it out with 10,000 soldiers.  Sources: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/invasion-of-russia/ and https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/napoleon-enters-moscow

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Napoleon gained the attention of the directory by triumphing over his uprisings. Then he was placed in charge of the French army against the Italians. Napoleon ended up winning the war against Italy and Austria and France started to gain power. This was one of the major wars he had won and a lot of France’s citizens put a lot of their trust in him. In 1799 an event known as Coup of 18 Brumaire, Napoleon was part of a group that overthrew the French Directory. It went from a 5 man directory to a 3 man Consulate under Napoleon’s influence. Napoleon was France’s leading political figure. After defeating some of France’s enemies he was established as the First Consul, and to make matters better, in 1802 the British agreed to be at peace with the French with the Treaty of Amiens. (It only lasted for a year though so it was kind of useless). After Napoleon went into power he restored stability to France after the revolution. He made a lot of liberal choices at the time and that ensured the people’s trust in him.
https://www.history.com/topics/france/napoleon#section_2
https://www.buncombeschools.org/common/pages/UserFile.aspx?fileId=5362638

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Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of Nations.

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Santhosh Divyakolu

Napoleon’s downfall was very eventful. Napoleon led an army of 600,000 men into Russia in 1812. Napoleon had his forces march on towards Moscow, but little did he know that the Russian’s created an idea known as “Scorched Earth” which meant that Russia would burn their towns and cities to ground; they’d have everyone to escape to the hills and snipe the French soldiers. Napoleon waited months but soon he was going to face the harsh Russian winter, so he was forced to retreat whatever was left of his army. During his retreat, however, the Russians harassed them as they retreated, mercilessly killing many French soldiers. Napoleon came out of Russia with about only 10,000 men out of the 600,000 troops who he began with. Tragically, at the same time as the disastrous Russian invasion, the French was also fighting the Peninsular War from 1808 to 1814. Sadly, this battle resulted in the Spanish and Portuguese. Following this loss, in 1813 he also lost the Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of Nations. He was defeated by a coalition which included Austrian, Prussian, Russian, and Swedish troops. Napoleon was forced to retreat to France but in 1814, the coalition forces captured Paris. Napoleon was then forced to abdicate the throne on April 6 of 1814.

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https://www.history.com/topics/france/napoleon#section_6

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Napoleon’s childhood
-Napoleon was born in Corsica in 1796
-His family was low level nobel
-He had 8 brothers and sisters which made the kids very expensive
-HIs parents sent him to Military school so it would be less expensive
-He went to Military school and graduated early
-He graduated from a French Military academy in 1785
-He was baptized as a Catholic
-2 of his other siblings died during infancy
-He received an excellent education
-Napoleon wanted to be writer when he was a young child
-He had a big ego
- As a child he loved to spend money

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- Returned from Moscow with approximately 10,000 soldiers eligible for combat (lost the support of many of his French followers)
- Exiled to the small island of Elba, to which he later escaped from (Louis XVIII ruled over France during his leave)
- People accepted Napoleon back into France as ruler since he was the only one who proved successful against other European nations
- He reclaimed his position as the emperor of France and pursued his previous objectives
- Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Austria formed a 7th coalition which left Napoleon defeated
- He was again exiled from France, but now sent to St. Helena.  - He attempted suicide 3 times while at St. Helena, but was unsuccessful each time
- He died at 51 years old due to stomach cancer
- The other countries, at the Congress of Vienna, were able to gain his formerly owned territorial lands
- Other nations (i.e., Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia) maintained peace for relatively long time

Sources:
- https://youtu.be/YVZ4R4L_t2U
- https://www.history.com/topics/france/napoleon

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-He stayed at Moscow for 5 weeks and he brought more than 100,000 men with him.
-He waited for a peace offer that was never going to come. When he went to Moscow he went to look for more supplies but instead he found out that most the entire population was gone.
-Also when he went there he capital of Moscow went up in flames.
-The Russians didn’t want to offer peace and they refused to do so.
-It marked the summit of the French invasion of Russia. After the city went up in flames everything was all looted and taken over.
-Some of the soldiers that went to Moscow actually ended up dying from starvation.
-They also died from the weather and hypothermia from it being freezing.
-He went there to found more supplies for his soldiers so they don’t die from starvation
-After he won over the Russian army at the battle of Borodino he stormed Moscow

Information from History.com
https://www.history.com/search?q=napoleon%20retreats%20from%20moscow

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On June 24, 1812 the french led by Napoleon crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland. In this battle the Russians refused to fight and believed in a practice called scorched earth. When the French came the Russians burned all their resources so that the French wouldn’t be able to use it.  They then retreated into the woods and sniped the French army.Throughout the battle the Russians lost 200,000 whereas the French lost around 300,000. The battle ended with napoleon retreating back to france leading to his first exile. (https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/jun24/napoleon-invades-russia/)

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After being demolished by the Russians, Napoleon came back to France with less than a tenth of the men he started with. People of France did not trust anymore and even exiled him to the island of Elba. When he escaped the island for a few months, known as the “Hundred Days” , he obtained followers. Although, the additional defeat caused him to be exiled to St Helena where he died at 52 years old.

(Source: History.com and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVZ4R4L_t2U)

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One of Napoleons’s achievements was when he overthrew the  directory council. He was a military commander which gave him a position with influence therefore, he was named First Consul. Napoleon being the head of the government and military commander gave him an important role and which helped him win victories. As, he began to gain power since he was named First Consul he became the Emperor. Another thing that Napoleon established or achieved was a Continental System. This was his strategy to weaken Britain’s economy and banned trade with with them. Napoleon’s motive was to help France’s economy as the result. However, this system was a fail and led to his fall.
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https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/the-continental-system/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/foreign-policy

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The Russians had strategical ideas to burn down their towns and cities so that Napoleon and his troops could not take the supplies that could be found  in them. On his march to Moscow The French army was running out of supplies and the number of soldiers kept decreasing. The Russians would snipe the French army and remain unseen, this was one of their strategy’s and it worked very well. Napoleon returned back to France with more than 200,000 less men than he started with.

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Napoleon went through a military academy from the ages 9-16, he graduated earlier than others and was appointed as a artillery lieutenant. He supported the French Revolution heavily and established himself as a strong figure and was later promoted to captain in the French army. After he captured Toulon which was taken over by British troops he was appointed Brigadier General. After napoleon advanced on Italy, he called for a coup d’etat against the Royalist and it lead to the Treaty of Campo Formio and he became a hero to the people of France. He then wanted to cause another Coup D’etat and he was then elected as First Consul.
Sources: https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/napoleon-s-rise-to-power-c942b505-d0db-4fda-9df2-04afaf6c2b15

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A fact that I learned from this video was that Napoleon was born and grew up on a small island, with his family, called Corsica. He has a big family and was the second sibling out of 8, which came with many downsides. His father was a part of an Italian Nobel family but that did not mean his family was wealthy. This is one of the reasons why Napoleon was sent to military school; since the expenses of all of the children was too much. At the time when Napoleon was a child, Corsica was under the rule of France and his father was against the France. This impacted Napoleons’ view of France and shaped his future starting from when he went to military school. This is an image of his family tree.

Sources:
- Armchair Historian Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVZ4R4L_t2U
- https://www.history.com/topics/france/napoleon

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Source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I
Napoleon's education started ever since he was very young. He was sent to a French military academy in mainland France to escape his impoverished island. He graduated as a second lieutenant of artillery and returned to Corsica. Eventually, he returned to mainland France and was appointed as the first lieutenant of the 4th regiment of artillery. He became a strong supporter and figure of the French revolution, eventually being promoted to captain in the army. After the national assembly abolished the monarchy, Bonaparte became major, then becoming promoted to adjutant general a month later. After yet another victory, he finally became a brigadier general because of his accomplishments.

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France was on the verge of a revolution, it was about to be bankrupt. Napoleon was born to be an enemy of France. He went to a military school and graduated early form it. This allowed him to have good tactics, strategies, and skills when it comes to fighting in wars. France was struggling and eventually everything happened in his life, he went to go and take over France. All of his different skills allowed to nation to make many victories and have tons of gains for Napoleon and his nation. He started growing a lot in power during the French Revolution which made him much more popular. His growth and rise in power eventually led to him becoming the first consul of France, then he went on to name himself the first consul of France forever. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVZ4R4L_t2U)

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(source was the video)
-Napoleon declares himself consul for life and then Emporor
-by 1805 much of Europe was under his control
-Napoleon decides to close all ports from Europe with Britain
-Guerilla Warfare
-launches disastrous campaign after a separate continent decides to open ports with Britain
-600,000 men turn into 10,000