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    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 of Napoleon’s reign as the savior of France. He finished and completed the Revolution by fulfilling the

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    Matter In Our Sourroundings Important Questions Not for coping to note Q. 1. What is a matter? Answer : Anything that occupies space and has mass is called a matter. For example:- Chalk‚ Milk‚ Sugar etc. Q. 2. Sodium chloride and sugar have same appearance. Are they same or different? Answer : They have different physical and chemical properties. So‚ they are different. Q. 3. All substances around us are alike. How? Answer : All substances can occupy space and have weight.

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    March 2012    Napoleon: History’s Greatest Enigma Napoleon Bonaparte is considered one of history ’s greatest heroes and also one of its most contemplated leaders. Some people see him as a child of the enlightenment‚ preserving the accomplishments of the French Revolution‚ and exporting the ideas of liberty‚ equality‚ and nationalism to the rest of Western Europe making him a hero. Others argue that he was a ruthless tyrant who trampled on the very ideals for which the Revolution had been fought

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    Napoleon I HEME pages 39-48 notes The Concordat of 1801 and its significance a. Organized religion can be controlled by lawmakers easily b. This was imposed by the National Assembly’s “Civil Constitution of the Clergy” c. However‚ organized religion is just the physical manifestation of belief‚ belief itself is very hard to control d. Banning public worship and Catholicism didn’t stop the French from believing in the virtues of religion e. This caused the people who believed in religion to

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    Napoleon Bonaparte (French: Napoléon Bonaparte [napoleɔ̃ bɔnɑpaʁt]‚ Italian: Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe. As Napoleon I‚ he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814. He implemented a wide array of liberal reforms across Europe‚ including the abolition of feudalism and the spread of religious toleration.[2] His legal code

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    Napoleon: Hero or Tyrant? By the late 1790’s‚ France was in chaos‚ the republic failed to solve problems‚ and foreign nations were at war with France Napoleon Bonaparte seized power in 1799 and created a European empire. When Louis XVI Ed’s executed during the French Revolution‚ many European nations attacked France keep revolutionary ideas from spreading A military officer named Napolean Bonaparte successfully defended France and became a military hero In 1799‚ Napolean staged a coup d’état

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    Napoleon Napoleon rose to power during the aftermath of the French Revolution. He staged a coup d’état and installed himself as First Consul‚ later becoming the emperor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of all time because of his success in his wars. Napoleon sought to spread ideas of the French Revolution but contradicted them in many ways. Napoleon wanted to be portrayed as supporting the French Revolution‚ and did in many aspects. For instance in one his speeches

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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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    Chapter 19 Test: The French Revolution and Napoleon Matching Match each term with the correct statement below. a. abdicate d. sans-culottes b. deficit spending e. suffrage c. plebiscite ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Spending more money than is taken in Working-class revolutionaries The right to vote Ballot in which voters say yes or no to an issue To give up power Match each person with the correct statement below. a. Napoleon d. Olympe de Gouges b. Jacques Louis David e. Clemens von Metternich

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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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