French Consulate

My flight has been booked, my wardrobe is just about complete, my classes have been picked, and my visa is on its way back from the Chinese consulate. While in Shanghai I hope to become more confident in my speaking and listening skills. I want to be able to confidently have conversations with natives whether it be if I am asking for directions and if I overhear a stranger talking about me in…

Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution “Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles that direct them.”-Napoleon Bonaparte This quote was said by Napoleon after he got into power on November 9 1799. Before this event France was under major debt and the economy was failing. When the King tried to fix it he brought violence and riots to France. France needed a new ruler with a new purpose…

as the French Revolutions and instead perpetuated peace and a maintenance of the status quo.The Congress of Vienna imbued a long-lasting legacy on the political world. The size and scope of France was greatly diminished, while the Britain and Prussia surged. Feelings of nationalism spread to areas that the Congress had put under foreign control and European colonies, and eventually those feelings would flourish into revolutions and the formation of new nations. Simultaneously, the French…

Background to the Revolution: In order to understand the origins of the French Revolution, it is important to first understand what in fact a revolution is and the two main factors which trigger it. A revolution is primarily any change that takes place in the socio-economic and political setup of a country or society, over a relatively short period of time. According to Karl Marx, the nature of a state is simple. It is, he said, ‘but a committee for managing the whole affairs of the bourgeoisie…

The Enlightenment era focusing more on discipline, rules and reason of western culture, stretching roughly from the mid-decades of the seventeenth century through the eighteenth century. The era introduced science, philosophy, society and politics. One of the main cause for the Enlightenment was the Scientific Revolution because of its many accomplishments and breakthrough achieved in the social and political fields. The political viewpoints related of the Enlightenment was from John Locke he…

Napoleon was an admired French ruler and military head figure. He introduced new concepts to France that brought them into a new era, and he won many battles for the citizens, which raised their spirits. Napoleon's rapid rise to power and legacy were brought on by his personality and popularity with the people, his political views and reformation of France, and his rapid climbing up the ranks in the French government. Napoleon's personality had a great deal to…

Since 1792, France’s revolutionary government had been engaged in military conflicts with many nations. In 1796, Napoleon commanded a French army that defeated the armies of Austria, one of his country’s primary rivals, in a series of battles in Italy. In 1797, France and Austria signed the Treaty of Campo Formio, resulting in territorial gains for the French. The Directory, the five-person group that had governed France since 1795, allowed to let Napoleon lead an invasion of England. He…

military school in France. Through his diverse talents, he later became a lieutenant in the French army. Subsequently, various victorious wars, he became Commander of the French armies. Napoleon soon acquired the faith of the people and carried out the coup d’état. Coup d’état was an overthrow of the directory (the government at the time). As a result, Napoleon established a republic known as the consulate. Soon after, Napoleon’s army conquered the Austrian, Prussian, and Russian armies.…

NAPOLEON BONAPART Once in a battle Napoleon said “When I see a empty throne I feel a urge to sit on it”. Napoleon Bonaparte, a French ruler tried to take over the world and rule it. His childhood, years as a general and his years as a emperor made him a strong ruler. (Vernon, 12-13) The childhood of Napoleon prepared him for war. Napoleon was born August 15 ,1769 on the island of Corsica and his father practiced law. His family belonged to nobility. The military school he went to was in…

Corsica born Frenchman who worked his way through French ranks until he became the emperor of France, and through his life he would have a major impact on the world. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769 to his father Carlo Buonaparte and mother Letizia Romalino Buonaparte. As is quite obvious the spelling of Napoleon’s parents’ last names does not match the spelling of Napoleons, this is because when France acquired Corsica he adopted a more French spelling of his last name which…