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He was chosen to lead French troops into Italy. There, the French defeated the Austrians, who ruled Italy at that time. As a result of the victory, France acquired Belgium from Austria. France also acquired hundreds of art treasures From Italy, witched were placed in the Louvre, the French National Museum.
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British forces were stationed there. He won a great deal if land victory there, but the British fleet destroyed the French fleet. The French succeded in establishing their influence in Egypt. Soldiers accompanying Napoleon discovered the Rosetta Stone.
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Napoleon placed himself at its head and took the title of it, Russia was no longer at war with France.
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Napoleon lead French forces to victory over Austria
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Napoleon arranged a peace treaty with great Britian.
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Napoleon asked the people to elect him first counsul for life. They did so in a plebiscite vote.
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Great Britian, threatened by Nepoleon's actions, declared war on France. Great Britian and its allies, however, were not able to stop Napoleon and his soldiers.
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The French made Napoleon emeror of France. His coronation was held in the Notre Dame Cathedral.
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Napoleon had himeself crowned as king of Italy.
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Consisted of a group of conqured German states.
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Napoleon invaded Spain and Portugual.
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Napoleon made the Papal States part of France and put the Pope in Prision. France's boundaries now include much of Europe.
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Only Great Britian and Russia remained undefeated by Napoleon. Since the the French could not defeat the British navy, Napoleon tried to obtain victory in a different way. he forbabe the countries in his empior to trade with Great Britian, which he called a "nation of shopkeepers".
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In September, Napoleon reached Moscow, which had been abandoned by the Russians. Shortly after the French arrived the city cought fire and three forths of it was destroyed. The French army now had nither food nor shelter.
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He organized a Grand Army of about 60,000 soldiers of different nationalities. It was the largest army the world had yet seen. In the summer of 1812, the grand army invaded Russia. Except for one battle, though, th Russians did not fight.instead, the retreated, drawing the French deeper into Russia.As the Russians retreated, they burned their villages and food supplies, leaving nothing for the advancing French. This tactic was called a sorchedearth policy.
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Hundred of thosandes of French soldires froze to death as tempatures fell below 40 degrees below zero.
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Napoleon raised another army, but the new soldiers were not well trained. They were defeated by the allied forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain. This was the first time the four countries had joined together to fight Napoleon.
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The allies took Paris, and Nepoleon was forced to give up the throne. he was sent into exile to the small island of Elba off the coast of Italy. He managed to escape, however, and gathered together enought troops to invade France. For 100 days, Nepoleon again regained the emporor.
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The allies, under the British leadership of the Duke of Wellington, finally defeated him at the Battle of Waterloo.
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Napoleon was sent to the island of St. Helena off the west coast of Africa, where he died in 1821.