NAPOLEON+by+Breion+Carter+and+Evelyn+Muro

Napoleon Bonaparte
=**The Rise of Napoleon** 
 * **He was Island of Corsica **
 * **He was sent to military school at the age of nine in Northern France **
 * **He became a lieutenant at the age of sixteen after finishing school **
 * **When the revolution broke out he joined the army **
 * **In 1795 he got his chance at glory, when he was asked to defend the delegates **
 * **He made the royalists Rebels turn back in confusion **
 * **He attacked them with cannons **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In 1796, he was asked to lead the French army against Austria **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** He was defeated in Egypt, after leading an expedition there<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'mso-ansi-language;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">He didn't let anyone know that he had been defeated **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'mso-ansi-language;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">He became so great, that when you spoke of "the general", everyone knew you meant Napoleon **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'mso-ansi-language;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When he returned to Egypt he was urged to seize political power **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'mso-ansi-language;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">He and his wife josephine came up with a plan that would allow him to gain control **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'mso-ansi-language;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Because his wife had connections, it made it easier to convince them o0f their decisions **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'mso-ansi-language;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">His plan started right after he was put in control of the army **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Napoleon became one of the three consuls that was elected by the legislature **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Because of the way Napoleon gained his power, it was called a coup **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Coup d’état- Blow of State **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Britai, Austria, and Russia joined together to take Napoleon's power **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">**Napoleon became a dictator**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** He tried to keep many revolutionary ideas **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** He tried to restore order in France **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** He wanted a stable economy **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">**He wanted tax equality**
 * Napoleon's Flaws**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Napoleon was said to have committed three major flaws: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** The first flaw was, when he signed a decree that ordered a blockade, it was called "the continental system." Its purpose was to make Europe more self-sufficient, but it ended in disaster. Another intention for this nblockade was to destroy Britian, but it destroyede Europe more than anything. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** The second mistake Napoleon made was, replacing the spanish king with his brother. He did that because they ignored the policy of the continental system, but it angered the spanish people. It also made them fear change in the Catholic Church, because there had been change in France. This caused them to ambush French armies at random times. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** The third and final flaw was, that Napoleon invaded Russia. The Russian army retreated, and destroyed all of the food that was around. This caused the French army to starve. Eventually, they were defeated. With only ten thousand soldiers left. **