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Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 on the island of Corsica. He joined the new French government after the revolution and became a hero for stopping royalist rebels in 1795. In 1799, Napoleon seized power in a coup d'état after being urged by supporters to take control. He later established a new constitution through a public vote and set up government-run schools. Napoleon also signed an agreement with the Pope that established new relations between church and state and introduced the Napoleonic Code, one of his greatest accomplishments providing uniform laws.

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Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 on the island of Corsica. He joined the new French government after the revolution and became a hero for stopping royalist rebels in 1795. In 1799, Napoleon seized power in a coup d'état after being urged by supporters to take control. He later established a new constitution through a public vote and set up government-run schools. Napoleon also signed an agreement with the Pope that established new relations between church and state and introduced the Napoleonic Code, one of his greatest accomplishments providing uniform laws.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Born 1769 on island in Mediterranean called Corsica, when revolution


came about joined new government

Hero of the Hour

October 1795, royalist rebels marched the national convention and


Napoleon and his gunners stopped them

Coup dtat

1799, Napoleon urged by friends and supporters to seize power, took


action early november 1799 and dissolved the Directory and became
the leader

Plebiscite

1800, vote of people, was for a new constitution

Lyces

He made these government run public schools, was to make properly


trained people for gov as well

Concordat

Agreement signed with Pope Pius VII, which established a new


relationship between the church and the state

Napoleonic Code

Napoleons complex system of laws, he thought of it as one of his


greatest accomplishments, provided uniform set of laws

Conquering

Conquered: Austrian Netherlands, parts of Italy, and Switzerland had a


puppet government

Battle of Trafalgar

Only major battle Napoleon lost

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