Joseph Luxenberg
Coach Hersey
2/6/18
1st Hour World History Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte was a French Statesman and considered a great military leader who came into power during the time of the French Revolution and he also lead many very successful campaigns during his reign. I will know talk about Napoleon as a small child, his journey of coming to power, the major events that took place during his reign, and his most memorable and extraordinary battles that he commanded over. Napoleon Bonaparte was born Napoleone di Buonaparte on August 15 1769 in the city of Ajaccio, the capital of Corsica, an island which was a part of France. When he was born he was baptized as a Catholic. He was born to his dad Carlo Maria Buonaparte
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Ten years later in 1785 Napoleon was a second lieutenant in the French army. Whenever he had the chance be would return to his home in Corsica. 7 years later in 1792, Napoleon was a part of the power struggle between Pasquale Paoli and people who were supporters of France. Once after the struggle was over and Pasquale was victorious, he eventually turned against Napoleon and his family. This caused his whole family to go back to France. In France, Napoleon decided to turn his full attention to the army. At this time there was the French Revolution which Bonaparte gained a promotion by helping defeat the British and regain the lost territory for his country. After that war was over he was sentenced to ten days in prison for suspicion of treason and refusing an assignment to lead the Army of the West. Shortly after his time was up he was assigned to the map department for the French war office. There he almost lost his entire military career but in 1795 people loyal to the king tried to regain power and Napoleon was called to stop the uprising. As his reward for putting an end to this crisis, he was appointed to be the commander of the Army of the Interior. Later on that same year he met his soon to be wife Josephine de Beauharnais and got married in March of 1796. Within the next few days of their marriage Napoleon left his wife in Paris and started the command of the Army of Italy. Soon Napoleon led him army to victory after victory against both the Italians and Austrians. He soon moved towards Vienna and Austria. He greatly influenced the signing of a treaty that gave all of France to Italy. Once Napoleon returned to Paris he was deemed a hero. After returning he set out once again to invade Egypt. He set sail from Toulon in May of 1798 with a army of about thirty-five thousand. With only a few casualties, Napoleon pretty much conquered all of the lower parts of Egypt.
Napoleon just maintains the goals of the French Revolution since he needed to secure and reinforce his own energy.
Napoleon was an emperor, military officer, husband, and father to many. He ruled France before being exiled and lived a long life, leaving behind a lasting legacy and impression that most people will not forget.
DBQ- Napoleon Bonaparte ruled in France from 1789 to 1815. Napoleon came to power in 1789 and immediately became a powerful figure in the French government. However, some thought Napoleon was such a great leader. The Napoleonic Empire started to grow France’s territories. Some might have believed that Napoleon was too eager with his rule, while losing and failing to succeed against the power of England, in an attempt to blockade their trade, and of Russia, where he led his army to a defeat and retreat back to France.
Although he inspired new social, economic, and political ideas, Napoleon Bonaparte is better known for his military tactics. Even today, his battle plans are used and studied by many in the military. Napoleon, who started out as an extremely short and wimpy foreigner who rose to become Emperor of France, died in 1821 at St. Helena, a remote island in the South Atlantic. He was fifty-two years old. Th cause is uncertain: either he was poisoned or he died of a stomach ailment.
The book Napoleon by Paul Johnson is a monograph on the life of Napoleon. Napoleon was born on August 15,1769 on an island called Corsica which was a French island south of the mainland. Ironically his future enemy Duke of Wellington was also born in 1769. Napoleon was born in the lower nobility class, and gifted with mathematics. He admired the Royal Navy and wanted to join as a midshipman. At the age of ten, Napoleon left Corsica for a military school in Brienne, France. On completion of his studies at Brienne in 1784, Napoleon was admitted to the elite military school in Paris. He trained to become an artillery officer. His full height was five feet and five inches tall and Napoleon was promoted to first lieutenant by 1791. Napoleon knew that war meant war promotion, and he was eager to move up in command. He controlled the entire army of France by age of 26. He was a genius in artillery and believed that making his opponents fearful on the battlefield means the battle is already half won. A lot of military genius comes from his chief of staff Louis Berthier, who translated his ...
Napoleon had an interesting childhood. He was born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio, Corsica. His background prevented him from ever rising to the position of being the ruler of France. However, he was very good at everything military wise, entering the Military Academy of Brienne when he was only ten. He completed his school time with ease, taking only a year to do what everyone else had to do in three.
The life of Napoleon was glorious, solemn and stirring. Some say that he is a shrewd politician; some say that he is a hero, who changed the history of Europe; some say that he is a sinner of war, a warmonger and a tyrant; some blame him for re-establishing the monarchy, which is the reverse of history. His role in the long river of history will always be a swivel between a hero and a tyrant. But without any doubt, Napoleon was once the dominance of Europe, who was once shaking heaven and earth. He was the man of the time.
While speaking to his men, a young Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “A consecutive series of great actions never is the result of chance and luck, it is always the product of planning and genius. Great men are rarely known to fail in their most perilous enterprises…Is it because they are lucky that they become great? No, but being great, they have been able to master luck.” Napoleon Bonaparte was certainly a master of luck. With the French Revolution ending around 1795 and a still uncertain government with no real leader, by 1799 it gave a young Italian named Napoleone di Buonaparte an easy gateway to become France’s new dictator. For the next 16 years, 1799-1815, he made it his task to make himself conquer and emperor of the France. You could
Napoleon was a graduate from military school and was immediately given command of a French Regiment. After leading his men in several pivotal battles in the French Revolution, he was considered a hero by a majority of the French. Along with several high-ranking French officials, he successfully completes a coup d'état, or overthrow, of the Directory. Napoleon named himself "First Consul" for ten years; but after rewriting the Constitution, he established his power indefinitely. Napoleon devised a series of wars to overthrow European governments. When the French overthrew a government, they quickly established a new one; the locals were treated fairly, and the objective was to have one unified government in Europe.
Napoleon was born in Corsica and went to military school where at that time France was at war with Britain, Austria and Russia. Being in the military he led the French army and achieved victory from the Austrians in 1797 who also negotiated with other nations such as Britain (MORAN 6-22). He established a new Napoleon code which had traditional laws resembling the new revolution in France. He later crowned himself emperor of France and combined social rehabilitation with his own arbitrary power. He also worked a covenant with the Catholic Church where there was a purification of Napoleon and Empress Josephine, who was from a wealthy family. His rise created a new empire which covered much of Europe apart from Britain (MORAN 6-22). He used his family, relatives and friends to power the European countries, hence to why his pride and aspiration led Europe to unite against him. His fall was brought by the detested of French rule all over
Napoleon Bonaparte was an interesting ruler in that he was compromised of attributes of both a tyrant and a hero. Napoleon had a strong following throughout his reign and even during his two exiles. He was the emperor of France between 1799 and 1815, following the fall of the Directory. Despite the efforts of the French Revolution to rid the country of an autocratic ruler, Bonaparte came to power as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte I in 1804. He claimed that he preserved the goals of the Revolution, which can be easily argued as his rule became more dictatorial as it progressed. Despite his departure from some of the gains of the Revolution, he overall was a hero for the French people. Through his military ventures, political changes and social reform, Napoleon proved himself as a hero. This is not to say that there were aspects of his reign that were tyrannical, but he was overall beneficial for France.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution (1789-1799). After seizing political power in France in a 1799 overthrow, he crowned himself emperor in 1804. Shrewd, ambitious and a skilled military strategist, Napoleon successfully waged war against various coalitions of European nations and expanded his empire.
Monarchs and emperors are prevalent in almost all of European history. But there is one example in European history where there was a leader with a monarch’s mentality without the title. In French history, Napoleon made himself to be that leader. In the era following the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte created for himself – and allegedly the French people – an empire that swept the majority of Europe during the late 18th and early 19th century. Napoleon Bonaparte did in fact make the dreams of the French Revolution a reality but only through manipulation of the vulnerable French people. Although he gave them the peace, nationalism, and equality they desired, he used these as excuses to further his quest for a French empire. This makes
Napoleon Bonaparte, the son of Carlo and Letizia Bonaparte, was born in Ajaccio, Corsica on August 15, 1768. In 1779, he was sent to a military school in Paris. He was made fun of by the French there, and gave him the dream of power. Napoleon was waiting for the right time to achieve greater power, and that moment came when the French monarchy was overthrown.
Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the famous figures in French history by the importance of his internal reforms. However, he remains primarily in global memory as one of the greatest military commanders in history. Indeed, Napoleon Bonaparte delivered more battles than Alexander the Great, Hannibal, or Caesar. His campaigns covered all Europe from Spain to Russia, without forgetting the East with Egypt and Syria. The French Emperor entered in the prestigious capitals of Europe, Milan, Vienna (twice), Berlin, Madrid and Moscow. Napoleon has greatly influenced the Western way of war, not only by the new organization of armies, but also by the optimization of different capabilities and the combination between leadership and creativity in the battlefields.