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On November 11, 1799, the political system was out of control. So when Napoleon took control of the situation and helped the political system. Napoleon was then titled the first consul, but took it as he had much more power than he did in reality.
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On January 18, 1800 Napoleon developed a new and improved banking system. This system made things much easier for the workers. Napoleon created a banking system to show that the French's financial state was under control after the near bankruptcy of the Country that started the French Revolution.
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On February 18, 1800, a vote was held in favor of the Constitution. Which gave Napoleon all real power to Napoleon as first consul.
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On July 15, 1801, Napoleon signed the concordat with
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On March 21, 1804, Napoleon published the Napoleonic Code, which is a uniform set of laws. Which actually limited liberty and promoted order and authority over individual rights. Freedom of speech and the press was restricted under the code.
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Napoleon takes the crown from the Pope, and crowns himself as the Emperor of France.
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On October 25, 1805, Off the southwest coast of Spain, Napoleon made a bad decision, that then made him stop the invasion of Britain. Although, there was one good thing that came from Napoleon's decision, Napoleon had ensure the supremacy of the British navy for the next 100 years. This was the only major battle that Napoleon had lost.
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On November 21, 1806, Napoleon setup a blockade to prevent trade from Great Britain and other European countries, which was later the Continental System.
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On July 7, 1807, Napoleon signed Treaty of Tilsit. This treaty ended war between Russians, and the French, and they started an alliance, that left the rest of Europe almost powerless.
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From May 12, 1808, to April 17, 1814, was the Peninsular War. Napoleon had made another mistake, and had sent an invasion force through Spain, instead of trying to convince Portugal to accept the Continental System. Both of them broke into a 6 year war, with SPanish peasant fighters and French armies. Britain had sent people to help heal on the Spanish side, which worked against Napoleon. Napoleon lost 300,000 men during this war.
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On October 15, 1815, The British Shipped Napoleon away to St. Helena, a remote island in the South Atlantic. Napoleon lived there alone for 6 years, until he died.
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On November 20, 1815, Napoleon successfully conquered Europe. After more than 12 years of negotiation, Napoleon had won over Europe. Napoleon fought against British, Russia, , Austria, and Sweden, who all teamed up on him.
