Napoleon Boneparte Assignment

Napoleon is born in Corsica, an Italian island that had recently been taken over by France. Napoleon was teased for the rest of his life for having an Italian accent.

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Napoleon leaves Corsica for France, and studies at the Military Academy in Paris. He does not make many friends, but studies hard reading about great military leaders such as Alexander the Great. He joins the French army.

• 1769

• 1784

• 1796

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Aged only twenty-six, Napoleon is placed in charge of the 30,000 strong Army of Italy. His inspiring leadership wins much of Italy from the Austrians, expanding the French Empire and making Napoleon a national hero.

• 1769

• 1784

• 1796

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Napoleon returns to Paris having been fighting in Egypt, and forces himself into power over France. He is named ‘first consul’, and modernizes French government.

• 1769

• 1784

• 1796

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Napoleon’s reforms, which provided education and legal rights, prove popular with the French people. He soon after became Emperor of the France.

• 1799

• 1804

• 1812

• 1815

Napoleon expands the French Empire with a number of startling military victories. He wins Spain, Italy, Holland and parts of Germany and Austria. In many countries, he makes a close friend or family member ruler. His brother Joseph became King of Spain, his brother Louis King of Holland.

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• 1804

• 1812

• 1815

Napoleon loses much of his European Empire, and the British ally with the Dutch and the Prussians for one last Battle at Waterloo. Napoleon is defeated, and sent into exile. He dies alone in exile in 1821.

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