Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon was ultimately defeated at Waterloo in 1815 by the British with the (not inconsiderable) aid of Prussia. However this does nothing to mention what had happened at Wagram, Aspern-Essling, Borodino or Leipzig & elsewhere in previous times & in previous campaigns. Indeed many of Wellingtons allied forces at Waterloo had fought for Napoleon in previous years. Napoleon had run out of friends on the battlefield. No Saxons, Bavarians, Wurttembergers to do his bidding any more. Britain had been constant in opposition, but it was the loss of his continental allies which made the difference.

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Napoleon was engaged in his first fighting in the early year 1793 when he took part with the rank of lieutenant- colonel of artillery in an aborted tentative of seizing the Sardinia town of La Maddalena in Northern Sardinia. Indeed he was not in command of the task force and he was not responsible for the failure.

Napoleon overthrew the revolutionary government called The Directory in the events of 18 Brumaire 1799.

The Directory consisted of a 5 man 'Directorate' whom were the executive power. There was also the Council of the 500 and the Council of Ancients: checks and balances to ensure that no one party or political figure could gain supreme power.

The Directory had ruled since 1795, wheh the Thermidorian Reaction had ended the Terror and the previous revolutionary government, known as the Convention.

Napoleon could claim that he was the 'heir' of the Revolution, as he was the man that had the power to put the principles of Liberty, Equality and Property into practice, thus giving legitimacy to his Coup of Brumaire.

Napoleon was not in fact the main instigator of the Coup; former Director Sieyes provided the main impotus and he needed military muscle to ensure things worked smoothly. Napoleon was not even the first choice of general, General Jourdan had been killed in action and General Moreau had recommended Napoloen over himself. Napoleon was deemed an acceptable candidate as Sieyes percieved that he had no political agenda, allowing Sieyes to implement his own reforms.

This however, proved to be wrong, as Napoleon, demonstrating considerable political acumen, forced himself into the position of First Consul when the Constitution of Revolutionary Year VIII came into existence.

Napoleon's connection to the French Revolution is odd. He was a general in the French Army when it began, and was actually against the revolution. It disgusted him to see French fighting French, a sentiment he carried throughout his life. He actually did not support until the late stages, and took control during the new government that sprouted up near the end of the Revolution. His seize of power was a peaceful coup d'etat [the 18 Brumaire coup], in which he was assisted by his brother Lucien and which he used to set himself up as the First Consul.

The U.S. purchased the Louisiana territory in 1803 from Napoleon, who at that time was the leader of France. It was not until 1819 that the boundaries of the land were fully determined. they ate subway

Napoleon was very fond of chicken.

His favourite, or so he says: was chicken with fried onions.

One of his other favourite dishes is Chicken Marengo.

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Type your answer here... He conquered several different ethnic groups that wanted their own freedom

He had devoted his time and energy to the creation of the formal gardens at Longwood House.

The law of persons, property and the acquisition of property. It also does this in a language that is simple, easily understood by the layman and the poorly educated and is not prone to confusion or legal gibberish. It ended the customs and privileges of monarchs and lords and was uniform throughout the country.

Russia and Spain were his undoing.

Egypt also if you're honest.

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The disadvantages the south had which the north didn't eventually proved their undoing. The North had a huge pool of soldiers to use, whereas the south didn't. The north, which had previously engaged in prisoner exchanges stopped, because the soldiers released were the only way the south was able to replenish their troops. The Union effectively closed off all of the Confederacy's ports and railways, cutting off their supplies. The south, which had chosen to use most of its lands for cash crops, soon faced a starving populace and military.

It was important for Napoleon to control the press in order to retain his public image and avoid criticism throughout his reign. He knew propaganda was a powerful tool to influence the masses.

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No. He merely had no respect for women's intelligence. He had a wife and an affair with another woman.

Hmmm... and he sat in the lap of his secretary, Louis Fauvelet de Bourrienne, to give dictation, and also reported that upon seeing an attractive man he felt sensations in "that area which may not be mentioned".

If we're going to talk what Spain did, we first have to talk about what Portugal did. Napoleon set of this system called the Continental System. This was after Napoleon had taken over as the the King of France. Because he had still not taken over England, one of the most powerful nations at the time, France, along with all Napoleon's allies (and forced allies) were so completely shut off economic correspondence with England. There was to be an economic blockade on England. Now this was okay for some countries, but for places like Russia who depended on English money to buy their grain, it didn't work out so well. Many countries started using the black market to get their products sold and such. Portugal was the first so say, "The heck with you Napoleon!" So Napoleon has to drag his grand army over the Portugal to "punish" them for disobeying his rules. To get to Portugal, he must go through Spain. Thinking that Spain is his ally, he assumes a warm welcome from the Spaniards, not so much. Spanish militia were hiding out all along the road Napoleon traveled. They attacks his supply lines and used gorilla war tactics to slow down Napoleon. This is where Goya's "The Third of May" influence is from. Now Napoleon has to punish both. Well, he never got to Portugal, so they had an indirect victory, but Spain got Napoleon's brother as a new king. Napoleon kicked the old one out and replaced him with Joseph. The Spanish hate Joseph and he gets run out of town. So they opposed him when he came through Spain to get to Portugal and they ran his brother out of office.

He demanded a Merit System within the Government but rarely considered it essential when appointing his family members as heads of various countries that he had invaded and conquered.

The government was restored to Louis XVIII.

He was a part of the coup of 1799.

It limited liberty and promoted authority.

Napoleon was imprisoned and then exiled to the island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean, 2,000 km from any major landmass. In his first two months there, he lived in a pavilion on the Briars estate, which belonged to a William Balcombe. Napoleon became friendly with his family, especially his younger daughter Lucia Elizabeth who later wrote Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon. This friendship ended in 1818 when British authorities became suspicious that Balcombe had acted as an intermediary between Napoleon and Paris, and dismissed him from the island.

Napoleon moved to Longwood House in December 1815; it had fallen into disrepair, and the location was damp, windswept and unhealthy. The Times published articles insinuating that the British government was trying to hasten his death and he often complained of the living conditions in letters to the governor and his custodian, Hudson Lowe. With a small cadre of followers, Napoleon dictated his memoirs and criticised his captors-particularly Lowe. Lowe's treatment of Napoleon is regarded as poor by historians such as Frank McLynn. Lowe exacerbated a difficult situation through measures including a reduction in Napoleon's expenditure, a rule that no gifts could be delivered to him if they mentioned his imperial status, and a document that his supporters had to sign that guaranteed they would stay with the prisoner indefinitely.

In 1818, The Times reported a false rumour of Napoleon's escape and said the news had been greeted by spontaneous illuminations in London. There was sympathy for him in the British Parliament: Lord Holland gave a speech which demanded the prisoner be treated with no unnecessary harshness Napoleon kept himself informed of the events through The Times and hoped for release in the event that Holland became Prime Minister. He also enjoyed the support of Lord Cochrane, who was involved in Chile's and Brazil's struggle for independence and wanted to rescue Napoleon and help him set up a new empire in South America, a scheme frustrated by Napoleon's death in 1821. There were other plots to rescue Napoleon from captivity including one from Texas, where exiled soldiers from the Grande Armée wanted a resurrection of the Napoleonic Empire in America. There was even a plan to rescue him with a primitive submarine. For Lord Byron, Napoleon was the epitome of the Romantic hero, the persecuted, lonely and flawed genius. The news that Napoleon had taken up gardening at Longwood also appealed to more domestic British sensibilities.

he died in 1821 after his health began to fail.