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He was bor in an island in the Mediterranean , Corsica, just after France annexed the island.
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He rose quickly through the ranks
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Just two years after he becomes captain, the comitee of Public safety made him a brigader general.
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Here, he won a series of battles and he becomes famous for his speed, strength, surprise attcks, and decisive action.
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He returns to France and is commanded to invade Britain, but he knew that France couldn't do it, so instead he suggested to strkie indirectly at Britain by taking out Egypt.
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They had defeated the French nava, so Napoleon abandonded his army and returned to Paris. There he took part in the coup d'etat. This overthrew the Directory and set up a new government, called the consulate, where he had absolute power.
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He came into an agreement with the pope that recognized Catholicism as a religon of the majority of French people
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He controlled the army, conducted foreign affairs, and influenced legislaters.
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The Napoleon code reserved principles that revolutionaries had fought for, which was human rights, the right for everyone to choose a profession, religious views, and fuedal obligations.
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Between 1808 and 1814, Napoleon created 3,200 nobles
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Napoleon enters Paris in triumph
