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British Fleet King Louis
790 wordsNapoleon I was an emperor of the French, who gathered and made official many reforms of the French Revolution. One of the greatest military commanders of all time, he conquered the larger part of Europe and did much to improve the nations he ruled. His changes have forever altered the course of French history. Napoleon was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, Corsica, and was given the name Napoleon. He was the second of eight children of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino Buonaparte. No Buon...
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Legion Of Honor Gains Of The Revolution Napoleon
1,044 words... work for and age of talk... he would create a methodical government based upon popular consent, and conceived in the interests not of any particular faction but of France as a whole. Napoleon is generally credited with having consolidated the gains of the Revolution With the exception of fathering the Civil Code, Napoleon perhaps gloried more in his reputation as consolidator of the Revolution than in any other one title. In this sense he can be credited with having saved the Revolution by e...
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Code Napoleon Satellite States Europe
1,173 words... contributed to the eventual weakening of the Napoleonic Empire. In 1809, Napoleon defeated the Austrians again at Wagram, annexed the Illyrian Provinces and abolished the Papal States. By this linking his dynasty with the oldest ruling house in Europe, he hoped that his son, born in 1811, would be the more readily accepted by established monarchs. Also in 1810, the empire reached its widest extension with the annexation of Bremen, Lubeck, and other parts of north Germany, together with the e...
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Napoleon Bonaparte Code Napoleon
1,083 words... f 1807 Napoleon captured the country Portugal. A year later Napoleon made his brother, Joseph King of Spain, prize Naples to his brother-in-law, which was named Joachim Murat. When Joseph arrived in Spain and when Napoleon did, it touched off a rebellion. This rebellion became known as the Peninsular War. Napoleon appeared later on the war and scored victories, but after Bonaparte departure from the war the fight continued for five years, with the British backing Spanish armies and guerrilla...
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Domestic And Foreign Modern Times
855 wordsA ruler's reputation comes from the change that he inflicts upon his subjects, territory, and surrounding lands. Napoleon Bonaparte rose into power during the French Revolution, causing drastic changes not only to France, but to the rest of Europe as well. His domestic and foreign policies were not always successful, but his ability to rule was undeniable. From his rising in power and reform of France, up until his military defeat in Russia, Napoleon succeeded in gaining a considerate amount of ...
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Freedom Of Religion French Revolution
1,481 wordsNapoleon was able to control, and expand his empire so successfully because of his intelligence in knowing how to rule. There is no doubt in the fact that the French Revolution created Napoleon Bonaparte (Connelly Owen, Encarta 99). This was the man who in 1799, combined a passion for power with his genius for leadership. Although to many people everything that Napoleon accomplished over a span of fifteen years seemed to undermine the principles of 1789, the result at the end was that many of hi...
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