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Napoleon Bonaparte was an important French military leader who created an empire that stretched across almost all of Europe in the early 1800s.
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The country was losing so much money, Louis XVI's minister of finance messed up.
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The National Assembly swore to meet at the tennis court everyday until a new constitution for France was made.
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Prison in Paris represented royal authority in the center of Paris.
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Influenced by the doctrine of natural rights.
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The country was starving while Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were feasting. Nearly 7,000 working women marched, pitchforks and all, yelling "bread, bread!' This brought an end to the monarchy of Versailles.
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The Bonaparte family is forced to flee from Corsica after the governor accuses them of being too pro-France. Napoleon's family goes to France, where Napoleon returns to focus on his military career.
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Napoleon wants a rich wife and proposes to Josephine, who comes from a wealthy family. Josephine agrees to marry him, but she is not sure she wants to marry him at first because she thinks he is a little odd.
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Napoleon leads the Italian Army in a series of battles against Austria. By the time Italy defeats Austria in October 1797, it is clear that Napoleon is one of the world's greatest military leaders.
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Napoleon is named Emperor of the French Empire and, in December, is crowned in a very fancy ceremony at the Notre Dame in Paris. He is named King of Italy a year later.
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He annexed lands along the Rhine river for France. He dissolved the Holy Roman Empire and organized a number of states into the Rhine Confederation.
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After much of Europe unites against Napoleon, his is forced to give up the throne and go to Elba, an island near Italy. His wife and son are forced to leave Paris and they go to Austria to live.
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Austria, Russia, and Prussia
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After escaping from Elba, Napoleon goes back to France to try and take control of the army and the government again. The British and Prussians defeat France in June at the Battle of Waterloo.
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After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon gives up the throne again. This time, he will be sent away to Saint Helena in the South Atlantic, which is much farther away from France than Elba.
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While exiled to Saint Helena, Napoleon dies. There are rumors that he is poisoned, but the actual cause of death is most likely stomach cancer.
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Created by Prussia. This dismantled tariff barriers between many German states.
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Sardinia did not win territory but it did have a voice at the peace conferance.