time of peace across the whole European continent (Mason). The aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo was not only felt in France but it was a world changing event. Napoleon controlled the European world for around 15 years which meant once he lost at the Battle of Waterloo‚ there was a lot of land‚ territories‚ and powers up for grabs. For example‚ at the treaty of Vienna‚ France gave up no land in Europe to the British. However‚ they gave up territories such as South Africa‚ Trinidad‚ and Sri Lanka
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received a scholarship to a millitary school at the age of nine. He became a millitary officer at the age of sixteen and a general at the age of twenty-four. He was also recognized as a genius. In 1795‚ Napoleon drove out rebellious royalists out of france and was then named savior of the French Republic. He was also given command of the french army and their defeats soon started turning into victories and then to conquests. He once also defeated four European armies‚ each larger than his own in just
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Darouvar 1/9/97 History 10 Paper Napolen Bonaparte was born in 1769 and died in 1821. Napoleon was a military genius for the loyalty of his troops‚ and for his spectacular victories. The many change of the government in France‚ against the background of war‚ made possible the rise of a military dictator. Since childhood‚ Napoleon was taught stratagies and tactics to help him succeed through battles. At the age of fifteen‚ he entered the advance military school‚ the Ecole
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Between 1789 and 1799‚ France went through one of the most dramatic events of modern European History: the French Revolution. The French population went through economic chaos‚ a dictatorship‚ and a civil war as well as other dramatic changes. During these years‚ the French decided to speak up for themselves and they became enemies of the French revolution. Internal enemies included the King‚ Louis XVI‚ Monarchists and Royalists and the Churches that were run by refractory priests. External threats
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and stability. The three goals of the Congress of Vienna were to surround France with strong countries‚ to prevent French aggression. The next step of the congress was to restore a balance of power‚ so that no country would be a threat to others. The main concern of this action‚ was what they were going to do to France. They couldn’t severely punish France because it would encourage them to take revenge. As a result‚ France remained a major but diminished European power. While France’s
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in 1814. He returned to France in 1815 and briefly resumed power. The Battle of Waterloo‚ in which Napoleon’s forces were defeated by the British and Prussians‚
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6 - From the France’s point of view‚ the Congress of Vienna’s decision were at the same time fair and not fair. The France returned to the state before the revolution and their land were not taken. Napoleon was exiled and not killed and the France wasn’t treated as an enemy. The Congress of Vienna make sure that the countries in Europe have balance power‚ and they don’t left France
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Commissioned paintings glorified him as a powerful military general and often cultivated a reaction of fulfillment and heroism. These examples establish how the feelings of patriotism and the feelings of nationalism spurned simultaneously in France as a result of Napoleon. Moreover‚ Napoleon’s leadership also encouraged the development of nationalism. When The Directory gave Napoleon command of the French army in Italy in 1796‚ the ragged‚ disorganized soldiers had a profound lack of confidence
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final downfall because he returned to France in an attempt to gain back his power. His soldiers were sent by Louis XVIII so that he could be captured but instead they sided along with Napoleon and thus the Hundred Days of his reign began. Napoleon lost his final battle at Waterloo against the Duke of Wellington which eventually lead to him being exiled to St. Helena an island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Napoleon Bonaparte overall was a great ruler who turned France into a powerful country‚ the only
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return from his exile in Elba to the return of King Louis XVIII who was restored to the French throne‚ Napoleon surrendered and the treaty of Paris was signed. At the Congress of Vienna the following representatives were present: First‚ for Britain‚ Castlereagh‚ then the Duke of Wellington after Castlereigh’s return to England; Tsar Alexander I from Russia‚ Prince Metternich‚ Austria; Wilhelm von Humboldt‚ Prussia and Charles Talleyrand from France. The Congress of Vienna attempted to ensure a balance
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