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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Main Topic
• Background and Education.
• How Napoleon Bonaparte Seizes Power?
• How Napoleon Bonaparte Fall From Power?
• What happened to Napoleon?
• Napoleon Bonaparte Contributions to France.
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Background and Education
• Not a Frenchman by birth.• Real name is Napoleone Di
Buonaparte. Nick named ‘Little Corporal’.
• He was born on 15th August 1769
at Ajuccio, Corsica, Republic of Genoa.
• He was admitted to École
Militaire in Paris.• He was commissioned as a
Second Lieutenant in
September 1785. 3
How Napoleon Bonaparte Seizes Power?
• Directory of France perceived as weak.
• The new government composed of three consul and one of them is Napoleon himself.
• Seized power in a succesfull Coup d’Etat.
• Napoleon crown himself as an emperor at Dec 1804 .
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How Napoleon Bonaparte Fall From Power?
• Continental System – economic warfare.
• Peninsular Campaign – fought guerrilla war.
• The invasion of Russia in 1812 was Napoleon’s most disastrous mistake- “ scached earth policy”.
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6Russian army burning the corps
What Happened To Napoleon?
• Exiled to the Island of Elba, Mediterranean Sea.
• Later escapes to regain control of France.
• Battle of Waterloo, 1815 – site of Napoleon’s final defeat.
• Napoleon surrendered to the British, and was exiled to Saint Helena, where he died in 1821.
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Napoleon in Exile Napoleon at Waterloo War
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Napoleon Bonaparte Contributions To France
• Napoleonic Code – Uniform system of laws.– Eliminates some injustices between classes.– Freedom of Speech.
• Stabilizes the economy of France. – Fires corrupt tax collectors, trains new ones.
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The Civil Code Statue The Civil Code
Conclusion
• Leadership is important in every leader.
• The importance of making a good decision.
• Importance of good education.
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Q & A
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