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He was born in Corsica, an island in the Mediterranean. He spoke an italian accent. His family was not very rich, but he won a scholarship to a famous military school for education. He had many oppurtunities when the Revolution came to Europe.
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He was a captain in the military for 2 years.
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Two years after he became a general, the Comittee of Public Safety named him a Brigadier General.
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There, he won a series of battles and he became famous for speed, suprise, and decisive action. He defeated the armies of the Papal states and their Austrian Allies.
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Napoleon suggested striking indirectly at Britain by taking Egypt.
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They defeated Napoleons army. Napoleon abandoned his army and fled to Paris.
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Napoleon took part in this and overthrew the Directory. He took leadership and set up the consulate. It was a republic, but Napoleon held the power. He was first called Consul. In 1802 he becane the consul for life. Two years later he crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I.
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This year he agreed with the Catholic Church that the majority of France practiced catholicism as their religion. The church was no longer an enemy of the church.
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Also called the Napoleonic Code It preserved many of the same principles that the revolutionaries fought for. Equality, Right of an individual to chose a proffession, religious toleration, & the abolition of many serfdoms still left.
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Composed of three parts, allied states, dependant states, and The French empire.
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During this time Napoleon created 3,200 nobles. 60% were of the middle class.
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Napoleon met his match in a battle here. Met a combination of British and Prussian armies under the lead of Duke of Wellington. Napoleon was in exile until his death in 1821.
