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Napoleon was born at Ajaccio in Corsica in a family of noble Italians which had settled in Corsica in the 16th century.
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The third Estate declared itself "National Assembly" and Louis tried to shut it down. However, the third estate said that they would not disband until france had a written constitution.
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a naval battle between the French, the Spanish and the Brittish.
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a period of violence that occured because of rivaling political parties - the Girondins and the Jacobins.
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Napoleon Bonaparte decided he wanted to seize Egypt.
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this date marks when Napoleon crowned himself First Consul.
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The new constitution was adopted making Napoleon First consul for life. the second and third consuls could change, but he would remain in that position until he died.
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A legal code established in Europe, The code got rid of privileges based on what family you were born into, it allowed freedom of religion, and said that government jobs should go to the most talented, instead on the one in the right class.
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the senate proclaimes Napoleon the Emperor of all that the French had conquered.
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A naval battle between the Spanish, French and Brittish. The Brittish clearly won. The Franco-Spanish fleet lost twenty-two ships, and not one British vessel was lost.
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A naval battle between the Spanish, French and Brittish. The Brittish clearly won. The Franco-Spanish fleet lost twenty-two ships, and not one British vessel was lost.
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The french crushed the Third Coalition. The battle also resulted in the Treaty of Pressburg and the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine.
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The whole idea was to cut Britain off from trade. Being an island country, trade was its life line. Napoleon already ruled all the other major forces in Europe so he thought that if he isolated Britain completely, their economy would collapse and he could take over.
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A war between Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, The French Empire and Napoleonic Spain. The war resulted in allied victory and the Treaty of Paris
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A war between every country napoleon conquered and Russia. Russia won, which resulted in the end of the French Allied Army and a new war called the War of the Sixth Coalition.
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The French Army now perpetually retreated from the Russians and were plagued by disease and food shorteges. This is where Napoleon essentially quit and went back to Paris.
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Napoleon was defeated and exiled in the spring after the Battle of Leipzig. the Battle itself resulted in the victory of the Decisive Coalition.
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Napoleon adbicated the throne and was exiled to the Medeterannian for his shameful retreat from the Russians.
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The 100 days represents the time period between Napoleons return from being exiled and the restoration of the king, Louis XVI.
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Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition. The loss at Waterloo ended his service as Emperor of the French, which also is the end of his "Hundred Days" return from exile.
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St. Helena is a barren rock in the South Atlantic Ocean. He stayed here for the rest of his life with his wife and those in his army that volunteered to be with him.
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Napoleon Bonaparte died in Longwood of stomach cancer.
