With all the glory and the splendor that some countries may have experienced‚ never has history seen how only one man‚ Napoleon‚ brought up his country‚ France‚ from its most tormented status‚ to the very pinnacle of its height in just a few years time. He was a military hero who won splendid land-based battles‚ which allowed him to dominate most of the European continent. He was a man with ambition‚ great self-control and calculation‚ a great strategist‚ a genius. Certain individuals approved
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Napoleon Bonaparte was indeed a hero. He saved the French Revolution from corrupting. His demanding ways made him a very powerful man and helped make France the most powerful country for the time. However‚ his cockiness and the fact he is so hard headed fired back on him in not such a good way. Bonaparte was definitely an absolute dictator for his time. Napoleon kept complete grip over France and its people‚ with that he helped keep France stable. He stabilized the economy and kept the people happy
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were available to a typical Corsican of the time.[14] In January 1779‚ Napoleon was enrolled at a religious school in Autun‚ in mainland France‚ to learn French. In May he was admitted to a military academy at Brienne-le-Château.[15] He spoke with a marked Corsican accent and never learned to spell properly.[16] Napoleon was teased by other students for his accent and applied himself to reading.[17] An examiner observed that Napoleon "has always been distinguished for his application in mathematics.
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Application February 20‚ 1226 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington‚ DC 20500 Beijing Downtown Ave. 355 N. Emperor Palace. Dear Emperor‚ I am a 25 years old highly educated scholar from Beijing‚ China. Since I graduated from the economic department‚ I am thinking of getting a government job in China that would suit me‚ like the Minister of Economic Affairs or the Minister of Finance. You know people like us‚ scholars‚ have to pass civil service exam‚ which is really difficult
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Jacques Marquette Jacques Marquette was a fifteenth century Jesuit explorer whose most revered goals were to find the Mississippi River in the New World and convert Indians along the way. As a young boy in France‚ he had already started his Jesuit training in Jesuit University in Reims. Marquette’s childhood wish was to become a missionary and spread Christianity. In 1666‚ Marquette’s wish was granted by King Louis XIV‚ who was eager to expand French territory to the New World. At the same
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7/6/2012 Jacques Torres Jacques Torres was born in 1960 in Algiers and grew up in Bandol‚ France‚ a small town in the southern region of Provence. He chose his career in the industry of baking at the age of 15 and immediately fell in love with it. During vacation Jacques started an apprenticeship at La Frangipane‚ a small pastry shop in his hometown. After spending two years in the pastry shop he completed his apprenticeship requirements and graduated first in his class. In 1980 Jacques approached
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ART UNDER NAPOLEON Brenda Tidwell Art Appreciation 101 Jamie Cooper October 31‚ 2011 ART UNDER NAPOLEON In 1794 Jacques-Louis David barely escapes death‚ due to his connections in the revolutionary war. He stood trial and went to prison. After his release he worked hard to reconstitute his career. The highlight of his career is when Napoleon asked Jacques-Louis David to work for him. Of course David accepted. Napoleon knew that David was a very accomplished artist‚ whom style was
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Napoleon was indeed a great man‚ in that he made a significant impact on the course of history‚ although with both positive and negative consequences. He was one of history’s greatest military commanders and succeeded in conquering most of Europe and did much to modernize the nations he ruled. He also introduced the Code Napoleon‚ which brought unity‚ order‚ progress and reform to France and Europe and the Code is still used today. He had a big impact on history. If he wouldn’t have an impact on
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The Coronation that Shook the World The Coronation of Napoleon by Jacques-Louis David is imposing in its dimensions. It stands at twenty feet by thirty feet and is displayed in the main gallery of the Louvre museum in Paris. David began this work of art after being orally commissioned by Napoleon in September of 1804. The painting came to its completion November of 1807. The sole fact that the painting took three years to complete demonstrates something about the magnitude and scale of the painting
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Compare & Contrast the foreign policies of Napoleon I and Louis Philippe Both placed on the thrown after revolutions‚ King Louis Philippe and Napoleon Bonaparte were pressured to adopt a nationalistic foreign policy. During Napoleon ’s reign‚ France reached its greatest magnitude and was considered among Europe as a leading military power. In contrast‚ King Louis Philippe adopted a cautious foreign policy which did not satiate the nationalistic thirst of the French people at the time nor did
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