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    did so with the utmost ability to lead a successful and powerful army for numerous years. Throughout the empire, Napoleon was able to spread his ideas and reform movements that influenced other countries around France. Napoleons fall created an uprising of the other countries surrounding France that had been suppressed throughout his reign and gave them ample opportunity to start a rebirth of Europe. Because of the fall, European countries banded together to instate new laws, under the Congress…

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    Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general and emperor who brought revolution to France and its military in the early nineteenth-century. Napoleon took control of France following the French Revolution, when he rose to prominence, and guided the nation and its citizens through political chaos and war. His name is one which left a great mark on European history and politics. Napoleon’s legacy continues as a controversial political and military leader because of his Machiavellian style. A…

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    in charge of the Italians before, but has now been demoted to lieutenant. “Good morning, General Napoleon. Your new Italian soldiers have been awaiting your arrival in the barracks. I hope you are satisfied with the army,” The Italian Lieutenant said nervously. “Tell them to form ranks in the clearing over there, I can’t be bothered with waking up these peasants,” Napoleon replied before riding away on his horse. The tired soldiers sauntered over to the field, crust still in their eyes and…

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    Napoleon was the ruler. He had the most power and was well respected. He was a strict, manipulative ruler who made sure that no one got in his way. He believed in brutal punishment and brainwashed the other animals into making them believe that everything he did was for the animals benefit when really, it only benefitted and pleased the pigs. Squealer was Napoleon’s right-hand pig. He always supported him and accepted what he said a fact. He was very persuasive and intellectually gifted, like…

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    Not only did the European powers allied with Russia combine forces in order to defet Napoleon and they succeeded. With its glory ceding control of France fell as the other branches of Napoleon Force to resign, which allowed the older brother of the late Louis XVI, Louis XVII to take power even though Louis was old and weak that he had support because the French had lost faith in both the republic and…

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    strength and stability and Napoleon an upcoming general with many successes who was always on the front edge of the revolution was the obvious choice and the only true option for the French people. Slightly before Napoleon another great leader of France, Louis XIV, led his country for the longest time of any monarch in Europe to this day.…

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    Though he hadn’t set foot on the battlefield, Lafayette would play an important role in the creation of the United States of America. Marquis de Lafayette was born on September 6, 1757, in, Chavaniac, France. To Michel du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette and Marie Louise Jolie de La Rivière. He moved in 1759 when his father was killed and his mother moved themselves to Paris. He was raised in Chateau Chavaniac in the mountains of Auvergne until the age of twelve. A fun fact about Marquis de…

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    military genius and led France’s army through through the French Revolution. He was a hero and eventually gained political power due to his popularity and success as a leader, soon becoming the emperor of France. The goals of the French Revolution were to overthrow the monarchy, convert France to democracy, and give the peasants rights. The revolution called for “Liberty, equality, and fraternity” among the French people. Napoleon Bonaparte supported the ideas of the French Revolution and the…

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    an example, Peter the Great, Alexander the Great, Catherine the Great and etc. They all did something that changed the world but did Napoleon Bonaparte do the same? Did Napoleon do what he needed to do to make his name appreciatable? In my opinion, I don't think that Napoleon deserves the name " the great "at all he is a bad leader and can tell you why. October 21, 1805, was the battle of Trafalgar which Napoleon lost. That was one of Napoleon's major battles that he lost. The Naval defeat…

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    Napoleon Bonaparte was a controversial French military and political leader. He rose to power in a coup d’état near the end of the French Revolution. France was largely ambivalent about Napoleon, but the overwhelming opinion of Napoleon outside of France was negative. Still, even with all bad, Napoleon came to France when they needed him most, amidst all the death and insanity of the French Revolution. Many people took advantage of the French Revolution to gain power, including Jacques Roux,…

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