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Napoleon was considered one of the world's greatest military leaders. He went to the military college of Brienne and studied for five years then moved to a military academy in Paris.
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Tensions between American colonies and the British government approached the breaking point. Especially in Massachusettes where Patriot leaders formed a shadow revolutionary government and militias trained to prepare for armed conflict with the British troops.
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The Englightenment is the period in the history of western thought and culture, stretching roughly from the mid decades of the seventeenth century through the eighteenth. Characterized by dramatic revolutions in science, society, philosophy and politics.
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Food shortages and economic crises led to the outbreak of the French Revolution. Queen Mary-Antoinette and King Louis were imprisoned in August 1792, then in September the monarchy was abolished.
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It unleashed a wave of global conflicts, the revolution is one of the most important events in human history.
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Occured in Paris, France early in the morning on July 14, 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris.
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Passed by France's National Constituent Assembly in August 1789, is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human rights.
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Created by the National Convention and then restructured in July, it formed the de facto executive government in France During the Reign of Terror.
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protected the newly established republic against foreign attacks and rebellion.
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The purpose was to protect France from foreign invaders and to purge it from enemies.
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Was a period of violence that occurred after the French Revolution. Marked by mass executions of "enemies of the french revolution". The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands, with about 16,000 executed by the guillotine and another 25,000 in different ways of executions across France.
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His drive for military expansion changed the world. He was the first frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years.
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Napoleon spent the last six years of his life in British confinement on an island. Napoleon died of stomach cancer.
