... in Italy in 1830-1831. Finally in 1836, he started to direct his attention towards France. In that year he tried to overthrow the government of the current French ruler, Louis Phillipe. He was unsuccessful and was exiled to the United States. After returning to Switzerland, he once again ... in order to fully live up to the great Napoleon, he would need to be emperor as well. So, on November 7, 1852, the French government, or senatus-consulte restored the "imperial dignity- and named Louis the new Emperor. The decision was made final on November 22, when a plebiscite came ... Napoleon I...

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... a privileged few. The French revolution was a series of political acts that began in 1789 by reformers in the French Government to take away the absolute power of the King and the rich landowners to form a Government elected by all the people. The new Government brought many changes. They adopted the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen". All Frenchmen were ... years. This was also known as a time of terror. By 1793, several groups had formed within the Government. One of these was the Montaguards. At the time King, Louis XVI, was executed. He wanted the Austrian troops ...

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... of the artillery at the Seige of Toulon. The big turning point in Napoleon's military career was made in 1795 when Napoleon saved the Revolutionary Government. This was when he used his famous grape-shot. The grape-shot was a canister filled with pellets that were shot out of a cannon ... (Cronin 235) After Napoleon saved the Revolutionary Government, he was made the commander of the French army that was located in Italy. In Italy Napoleon was very successful. Napoleon and his army were responsible for defeating four Austrian Generals in succession. At this time Napoleon forced Austria a...

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... XIV (1774-1793) was king at the time of the French Revolution. He was more interested in hunting than governing France. He and his Austrian queen, Marie Antoinette, lived an extravagant life at the Palace of Versailles. They did not really care about the state of their country. He ... paid enough and never new whether their jobs were in danger of being lost. These people were called sans-culottes. They demanded that the government would guarantee them a living salary. (Dempsey, Parr pg.219) People in the Legislative Assembly had different opinions about the revolution. In 1792 ... to p...

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... graduated with top honors he continued his military schooling by attending the Cole Military Academy in Paris. He spent one year there before he was called up by the French Government to command an infantry squad as a second lieutenant. Napoleon's unit did not see very much action in its first few years, but Napoleon still managed to show his leadership qualities ... own infantry squad of men. In 1795 a riot began in Paris over a new constitution that was proposed by the National Convention. The National Convention was the name of the new government that took power in France. Napoleon r...

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... Commander in chief of the army of Italy. In victory after victory he established himself as a political power that The Directory (French government officials) feared him and constantly shipped him around the continent. However, elections took place, the royalist seemingly were going to take over the ... government which cause Austria to take a second guess on a peace agreement with France. Napoleon crushed the royalist movement and forced Austria to a peace ... which probably didn't help his, invincible ego. By the age of thirty, Napoleon was said to have the France in his hand. He soon...

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... . When Napoleon's main plan to invade the British channel was canceled he planned a secondary attack to attack at Egypt and then India. Napoleon's new plan was supported by the French government so Napoleon started on his voyage. Napoleon started sailing to Egypt in May 1798 and succeeded in avoiding Admiral Horatio Nelson, the best British naval commander. On the way to ... started a new group called the Consulate, and he made himself the first consul. As Consul, Napoleon made it known that he was a civilian ruler. He made many changes to the government including centralizing the admini...

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