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Napoleon was born in Corsica.
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As commander, Napoleon won a series of battles; victories that gave Fance control of northern Italy. He returned to france in 1797 as a hero.
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Napoleon had a goal of taking Egypt, but the British controlled the Mediterranean. The British defeated the French naval forces who were supporting Napoleons army in Egypt. Napoleon abandoned his army and returned to Paris.
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France was at war with a European coalition of Russia, Great Britain, and Australia. In 1802 Napoleon had a peace treaty signed, but it didn't last long. War broke out again.
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Also known as the Napoleon Code, this preserved the principals that the revolutionaries had fought for.
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Napolian was never able to conquer Great Britain, although he tried. The British defeat combined with the French-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar. This battle ended his plans for invasion.
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Napoleon developed a bureaucracy of capable officials. He also created a new aristocracy based on meriotorious service to the nation. He created about 3,200 nobles.
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Napoleons army of more than 600,000 menentered Russia, but the Russians refused to fight. Instead they retreated hundreds of miles & burned all their villiages & countrysides so Napoleons army couldn't find food. Lots of them froze to death and starved, and the remaining 40,000 soldiers arrived back in Poland in January 1813.
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Napoleon decided to invade Russia, leading to his downfall. Military disaster crippled the French army, and paris was captured. Napoleon was sent to exile on the islad of Elba, off the northwest coast of italy. The monarchy returned to France.
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Napoleon slipped back into France & returned to Paris in triumph. he attacked the British and Prussian army & was defeated. He was exiled to St. Helena, and died there in 1821.
