Napoleon

I. Personal Life

A. Early Years

1. Born 1769 in Corsica

2. 2nd of 8 children

B. Middle Years

1. Marriage (s)

a. Josephine 1796 divorced 1809

b. Marie Louise 1810

2. Family

a. one son

C. Later Years

1. Died of stomach cancer in 1821

II. Major Influences

A. Good/Bad

1. father was a revolutionary

2. military school

3.. right place at the right time

III. Character

A. Strengths

1. determined

2. knew how to use propaganda

3. said that power was his mistress

4. military genius

B. Weaknesses

1. vain

2. overconfident

VI. Accomplishments

A. France

1. set up a central government in France

2. wrote the Napoleonic Code

3. made public education available to all

4. reorganized the banking system

B. Throughout Europe

1. set up constitutions in each of the countries he conquered

2. granted universal manhood suffrage (didn't have to own property to vote)

3. abolished feudalism throughout Europe

C. Monuments

1. Arch de Triumph built in his honor

V. Evaluation

A. Battles

1.First lost and sent to Elba

2. Returned for 100 days

3. Defeated at the Battle of Waterloo

4. Sent to St. Helena where he died

Even though he fought many battles against the countries of Europe, and caused instability throughout Europe , he used his troops to help free some of the countries of their absolute monarchs. He corrected many of the problems present in France prior to the revolution. As he conquered other countries he redirected the French people from their internal problems to those of world domination. Many people died during the Napoleonic Wars, for either the glory of Napoleon or the liberation of the people.

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