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At this time Napoleon was born in Corsica. Corsica is were Napoleon started his life. Soon after his father came from minor nobility in Italy.
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At this time Napoleon became the captain. Napoleon rose very quickly through the ranks.
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Napoleon became the commander of the French armies in Italy, and he won a series of battles.
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At this time Napoleon returned to France as a hero. He was also given command of an army in training to invade Britain.
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At this time he took part of the coup d'etat of 1799 that helped set up a new government.
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At this time he came to an agreement with the pope that Catholism is the religion of majority.
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At this time he became consul for life. Then two years later he crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I.
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The Napoleon Code was introduced. This preserved things like, equality of all citizens before the law, the right for someone to choose their proffesion, religious toleration and the abolition of serfdom.
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The British defeated the French-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar. This ended Napoleon's invasion plan.
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At this time Napoleon was the master of Europe. This lasted until 1812.
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The empire collapsed due to many reasons. One being nationalism.
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600,000 soldiers entered Russia and Napoleon hoped to have a quick victory. However the Russians refused to fight.
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This event was tragic because of the 600,000 original soldiers just 40,000 returned. Major reasons for this is starving, and the coldness.
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At this time Paris was captured, then Napoleon soon went into exile.
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In Waterloo Napoleon met a combined British and Prussian army and this led to a bloody defeat. This led to Napoleon having to exile until his death.
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Napoleon remained in exile until he died in 1821. However his memory haunted French politcal life for many decades.
