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Napoleon was born in Corsica on August 15, 1769. While he was in school, he attended a military school in the northern France, and went onto becoming a Lieutenant in the artillerary at the age of 16. After that, he joined the army and the new government during the French Revolution.
Napoleon gained fame from by defending delegates from the National Convention from royalists attacked them in October of 1795.
In 1799, the Directory lost power. This was the time that Napoleon planned a coup, which is a seizure of power from a government that is generally sudde, violent, and/or unlawful. On November 9 of the same year, Napoleon was put in charge of the military which lead to Napoleon's troops driving out one of the chambers of the national legislature. This dissolved the Directory. A little later, the Legislature established the 3 consuls. They appointed Napoleon for the First Consul of the French Republic.
In the year of 1800, people voted for the new constitution, which gave power to Napoleon as the firs Consul. Under his rule, there was order and stability. The economy was his top priority. He established a tax-collection system and established a national bank. These changes promoted the sound financial management along with better control over the economy.
The Napoleonic Code was a uniform set of laws that eliminated injustices, but in reality limited librities, promoted order, and authority over individual rights. The code took away womens rights to sell property, freedom of speech and press were restricted, and restored slavery in the French colonies.
Napoleons goals for France was to be crowned ruler of the country. During Napoleon's reign, he was on a quest for power because of his drive for glory. A good example of this is when he created the legislative, executive, and imperial government. When he created these government, he made sure that his supporters were a majority of the people in power so that he wouldn't have to be checked.
His decline came from his three big mistakes. These mistakes was the Continental System, Peninsular War, and the Invasion of Russia. There were other factors, such as the divorcing of Josephine, and marrying Marie Louise of Austria to try to get an heir. In 1811, Marie Louise gave birth to Napoleon II.
Napoleons three big mistakes happened from 1806 to 1812.
Napoleon's Second big mistake was the Peninsular War, where he lost 300,00 men, in 1808
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The Contitnental System was the first mistake made by Napoleon, in 1806
In 1812, he made his final mistake when he invaded Russia because of his ally selling grain to the British
The cause of the Peninsular War was Portugal didn't follow the Continental System. At the end of the war, Napoleon had lost 300,000 men.
Whne Napoleon returned on March 1, 1815 in France, he was welcomed back by the people becaus Louis XVIII was unpopular. Due to this, Louis XVIII fled France.
In 1814, the European leaders met in Vienna to restore order. Present at the congress, representatives of the 5 "Great Powers (Prussia, Russia, Austria, Britain, France). The purpose of the congress was for collective security, stabilidy, order, and lasting peace for all of Europe.