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    man‚ Napoleon‚ brought up his country‚ France‚ from its most tormented status‚ to the very pinnacle of its height in just a few years time. He was a military hero who won splendid land-based battles‚ which allowed him to dominate most of the European continent. He was a man with ambition‚ great self-control and calculation‚ a great strategist‚ a genius. Certain individuals approved of Napoleon’s reign as the savior of France. He finished and completed the Revolution by fulfilling the ideals the

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    were available to a typical Corsican of the time.[14] In January 1779‚ Napoleon was enrolled at a religious school in Autun‚ in mainland France‚ to learn French. In May he was admitted to a military academy at Brienne-le-Château.[15] He spoke with a marked Corsican accent and never learned to spell properly.[16] Napoleon was teased by other students for his accent and applied himself to reading.[17] An examiner observed that Napoleon "has always been distinguished for his application in mathematics.

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    18. After the rule of Napoleon‚ Louis XVIII returned France to pre-revolutionary conditions in certain aspects of society and politics. For example‚ Louis brought back restrictions to religion‚ Protestants were tormented for their faith. Louis accepted the Code that had been developed by Napoleon but banned divorce‚ although it had been permitted during the revolution. Louis restored Catholic superiority‚ this had a trickling effect on the doings of the revolution‚ restricting rights and restoring

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    Napoleon Bonaparte (French: Napoléon Bonaparte [napoleɔ̃ bɔnɑpaʁt]‚ Italian: Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe. As Napoleon I‚ he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814. He implemented a wide array of liberal reforms across Europe‚ including the abolition of feudalism and the spread of religious toleration.[2] His legal code

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    HOW TO BETRAY A FRIEND Everyone has been betrayed one way or another throughout their lives and for those who have experienced betrayal‚ you should know that it causes a variation of emotions to flow through your mind. When you are betrayed you can feel angry‚ lost and heart-broken‚ but worst of all you feel the need to get revenge. With all these feelings flustering in your thoughts‚ it is difficult to think of a way to hurt someone as badly as they have hurt you. When you are betrayed you are

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    Many countries have had a Revolutionary War‚ including America‚ France‚ Haiti‚ and Russia. A Revolutionary War is a war fought to overthrow the current government in favor of a new system of government. All Revolutionary Wars are different because they all start out differently‚ they have different reasons for starting‚ and they all end with different results. Every war starts out differently. The American Revolutionary War started out because Britain had sent troops to the Americans colonies.

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    Napoleon: Hero or Tyrant? By the late 1790’s‚ France was in chaos‚ the republic failed to solve problems‚ and foreign nations were at war with France Napoleon Bonaparte seized power in 1799 and created a European empire. When Louis XVI Ed’s executed during the French Revolution‚ many European nations attacked France keep revolutionary ideas from spreading A military officer named Napolean Bonaparte successfully defended France and became a military hero In 1799‚ Napolean staged a coup d’état

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    Napoleon Bonaparte was indeed a hero. He saved the French Revolution from corrupting. His demanding ways made him a very powerful man and helped make France the most powerful country for the time. However‚ his cockiness and the fact he is so hard headed fired back on him in not such a good way. Bonaparte was definitely an absolute dictator for his time. Napoleon kept complete grip over France and its people‚ with that he helped keep France stable. He stabilized the economy and kept the people happy

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    in my country. And my dad was not happy about it at all. When I asked him who his idol was. He said Napoleon Bonaparte. Then my dad did go ad bought me a comic book about Napoleon’s life. I admire him a lot so I want to introduce you guys about him today. Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the greatest military leaders in history and emperor of France. He is the one who conquered much of Europe. Napoleon was born on 15 August 1769‚ the second of eight children. His family was from the town of Ajaccio‚

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    invasion of Russia led to a major turning point in Napoleon’s plans‚ France’s future‚ and also changed Europe’s history. Napoleon was to face death by the tens of thousands of the french army week by week during this campaign. This Napoleonic Campaign was just the beginning of defeat that Napoleon was to encounter and would end later at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Even though Napoleon was one of the best military leaders in history‚ his key blunder was the Russian Campaign‚ which drastically changed

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