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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