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    Napoleon came from very humble beginning's but still became a very famous leader of France. He was not only one of the strongest leaders France has ever had, but he lead France to their biggest down fall. Napoleon became a strong leader when France needed it the most after the French Revolution. Napoleon brought new ideas to the French government and the lives of civilians. He changed France in many positive and negative ways including, changing the French government, industrializing , and…

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    The French Revolutionary war began in 1793. Napoleon Bonaparte was the first French commander to show understanding of Artillery tactics to lead from the front. If it wasn’t for artillery, many French battles wouldn’t have been won. Napoleon, 24-year-old captain, changed the way artillery was used in battle and it all started during the Siege of Toulon. There were still significant pockets of royalist revolts against the young French Republic throughout the nation, especially in the Western…

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    from Poland to Spain. Equality of all citizens under the law, no privileges of birth, separation of church and state, and the freedom to work in an occupation of one’s choice, according to the Napoleon-Series, were revolutionary at the time for a European country to put into practice. Most people remember Napoleon as a warmonger who conquered Europe until he met his Waterloo. However, his empire only lasted for a little more than a decade, but his code that completely changed how European…

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    Bonaparte was born August 15, 1769. His family was Italian; his original last named was spelt Buonaparte. In 1796 Bonaparte dropped the u. Bonaparte was the second child born out of eight children. At the age of 10, Bonaparte was accepted into a military academy of Brienne in northern France. Bonaparte had a difficult time fitting in, because he was not French. At the age of 15, Bonaparte was accepted into the Ecole Militaire in Paris, the royal military school founded by King Louis XV. In…

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    Since the early stages to modern day France, they have seen it all when it comes to governmental institutions. They have had an absolute monarchy in King Louis XVI, two dictatorships in Napoléon Bonaparte I and his nephew Napoléon Bonaparte III. Today, they have a stable running republic, which is headed by the prime minister. After the July Revolution of 1830, the Orleanist rule began from July 1830 to February 1848. They were a French right-wing faction that had developed out the French…

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    Tzu, emphasized positive moral change, Niccolo Machiavelli prioritized notoriety in a leader. The value of a leader is subject to change under different contexts. A children’s soccer coach employing the methods of Napoleon Bonaparte to strengthen the team would not be exulted as Napoleon was. When analyzing the different leaders presented in the Iliad, one must…

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    century was Napoleon Bonaparte. He became the Emperor of France in 1804, but his early leadership traits started while he was in the military in his early twenties. (Goyau, 1911). He completed his military studies at the Brienne college in France for one year rather than the three years that were required for the program, and he excelled in math and science. Napoleon's father was a lawyer and his mother ended up conspiring adultery with a military governor that helped prosper Napoleons…

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    Austria and Metternich in particular was not really opposed to keeping him around, as seen in the Frankfurt overtures - which would reduce France to a frontier along the Rhine and Savoy, but keep the emperor in power - but Bonaparte himself rejected this. Austria WANTED to keep Bonaparte around as a counterweight to Prussia and Russia, but alas. He had military victories, yes, but to what extent…

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    The Rise of Napoleon At the age of nine, Napoleon Bonaparte was sent to France to train for his military career. Napoleon rose quickly in the ranks during the French revolution. He drove British forces out of the French port of Toulon in December 1793. Bonaparte captured most of northern Italy and continued to defeat the Austrians. Napoleon’s plan to weaken British trade through an Egyptian campaign failed miserably. To prevent word of his defeat spreading, he censored the press. Napoleon’s…

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    revolution inevitable." During the 1700 's, Toussaint l 'Overture and Napoleon Bonaparte lead violent revolutions that propagated many changes that perpetually impacted the world. Despite the differences between them, the similarities they shared were salient; furthermore, both leaders held mass revolts and violent riots, demanded equality amongst their people, and destroyed their former government. In the same way, Louverture and Bonaparte believed that a violent approach was the most…

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