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Born in a French ruled island in the Mediterranean called Corsica. When he was nine he was sent to France to be trained for a military career.
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When he turned 20 he became a lieutenant. He drove British forces out of the French port of Toulon. He won mulitple victories against the Austrians and captured most of northern Italy and forcing the Hapsburg emperor to make peace.
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He led an epedition to Egypt to disrupt British trade with India. It ende up being a disaster but Napoleon managed to hide stories of the worst losses.
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A list of new laws for French citizens that Napoleon made himself. It took four years to make and made the authority of men over their families stronger, deprived women of any individual rights, and reduced the rights of illegitimate children.
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Napoleon became Emperor of the French and invited the Pope to the coronation in Paris. During the ceremony he took the crown from the pope's hands and put it on his own head to show that he owed his throne to no one but himself.
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Napoleon prepared to invade England. At the Battle of Trafalgar he fought off the southwest coast of Spain, British Admiral Horatio Nelson smashed the French fleet.
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Napoleon made all his families and friends nobles. Napoleon was french emperor at the time and used his power to make all his close friends and families royals.
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Was a military compact of the Napoleonic Wars. Ended in a victory for Emperor Napoleon I's French and allied army against the Austrian army.
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Dependent satellite kingdoms ruled by members of Napoleon's large family. Allies with Austria, Prussia and Russia.
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Known as the Patritoic War of 1812. Napoleon's grand army crossed the Nemen River in an attemtpt to engage and defeat the Russian army.
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The biggest battles of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon brought 198,000 men with 717 guns. Russia, Prussia and Austria brought 370,000 men and 1,384 guns.
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Napoleon was dethroned and left France for the isle of elba. He was exiled under the terms of the Treaty of Fontainebleau. He would be allowed to rule Elba which had 12,000 citizens.
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Napoleon sneaked past his guards and escaped Elba. French police forces were sent to arrest him but they endeed up kneeling before him. Paris welcomed him with celebration.
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Took place in Belgium and marked the final defeat of Napoleon. Napoleon had rose the ranks of the French army during the French Revolution. Through a series of wars he ended up expanding his empire.
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Napoleon dies as a British prisoner on the remote island of St. Helena in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
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Was staged by Napoleon. Ended the successful dissolution of the French National Assembly.
