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Napoleon was born in Corsica, which was a French ruled island in the Mediterranean.
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He was sent to France to train at nine years old. He became an officer in the French army at 16 and at age 20 he fought when the revolution broke out.
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Egyptian campaign ended in disaster, Napoleon hid the worst losses by establishing a network of spies and censoring the press
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The code of laws influenced countries in Europe and Latin America. It was an example of the Enlightenment. It is for equality, religious tolerance, and abolition of feudalism,
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During the ceremony Napoleon took the crown from the pope’s hands and placed it on his own head. He did this to show that no one else could have the throne but him.
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Fought the southwest coast of Spain where British Admiral Horatio Nelson crushed the French fleet.
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After Napoleon dethroned the king he placed Joseph Bonaparte, his brother, in charge.
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Napoleon beat the Austrians. After, they made a peace agreement and Austria surrendered some lands that had more than three million subjects.
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Napoleon wanted to complete his mission of world domination leading to his ruins. His last defeat,which was invading Russia, brought an end to the French Revolution era.
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His empire reached its greatest extent.
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Russia, Britain, Austria and Prussia made an alliance and defeated Napoleon in this battle.
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Napoleon stepped down from power and the victors sent him to Elba, island in the Mediterranean. Afterwards, Louis XVIII became king of France.
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Napoleon was forced to go into St. Helena which was a lonely island is the South Atlantic.This was the time he wouldn’t return.
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Napoleon had escaped the island returning to France with people cheering his arrival. The king of France, Louis XVIII fled.
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Enemy armies had met in Waterloo, Belgium. British forces came together to destroy the French army.
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