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- Born on the island of Corsica, napoleonrapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution. he held a plebiscite and it seemed people wanted him to be their leader.
- After seizing political powerin France in a 1799 coup d'état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804.
- he crowned himself becausebecause he wanted to recreate the monarchy and divine right or natural rights
- Napoleonstrengthened the centralgovernmentinFrance. To restore the economy,Napoleoncontrolled prices, encourage new industry, and built roads and canals. and set up lycees to getgovernment officials who were loyal and patriotic to France
- TheNapoleonic Codemade the authority of men over their families stronger, deprived women of any individual rights, and reduced the rights of illegitimate children.
- TheLouisiana Purchasewas a landpurchasemade by United States president, Thomas Jefferson, in 1803.Napoleon Bonaparte soldthe land because he needed money for the Great French War.
- the trafalgar battlewas fought west of CapeTrafalgar, Spain, between Cádiz and the Strait of Gibraltar.Victory at theBattle of Trafalgarensured thatNapoleonwould never invade Britain.
- napoleon made a big mistake when he tried to invade russia. he had lost almost 400,000 troops in the process.theblockadedesigned byNapoleonto paralyze Great Britain through the destruction of British commerce.
- russia had a scorched earth policy, which was that when they burnt all the resources and food so napoleon had nothing when he arrived.
- However, after a disastrous French invasion of Russia in 1812,Napoleonabdicated the throne two years later and was exiled to the island of Elba. In 1815, he briefly returned topowerinhisHundred Days campaign.
- Napoleon'sbroken forces gave up andNapoleonoffered to step down in favor of his son. When this offerwasrejected, he abdicated andwassent toElba.TheBattle of Waterloo, whichtook placein Belgium on June 18,1815, marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte
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