Commissioned paintings glorified him as a powerful military general and often cultivated a reaction of fulfillment and heroism. These examples establish how the feelings of patriotism and the feelings of nationalism spurned simultaneously in France as a result of Napoleon. Moreover‚ Napoleon’s leadership also encouraged the development of nationalism. When The Directory gave Napoleon command of the French army in Italy in 1796‚ the ragged‚ disorganized soldiers had a profound lack of confidence
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6 - From the France’s point of view‚ the Congress of Vienna’s decision were at the same time fair and not fair. The France returned to the state before the revolution and their land were not taken. Napoleon was exiled and not killed and the France wasn’t treated as an enemy. The Congress of Vienna make sure that the countries in Europe have balance power‚ and they don’t left France
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final downfall because he returned to France in an attempt to gain back his power. His soldiers were sent by Louis XVIII so that he could be captured but instead they sided along with Napoleon and thus the Hundred Days of his reign began. Napoleon lost his final battle at Waterloo against the Duke of Wellington which eventually lead to him being exiled to St. Helena an island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Napoleon Bonaparte overall was a great ruler who turned France into a powerful country‚ the only
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return from his exile in Elba to the return of King Louis XVIII who was restored to the French throne‚ Napoleon surrendered and the treaty of Paris was signed. At the Congress of Vienna the following representatives were present: First‚ for Britain‚ Castlereagh‚ then the Duke of Wellington after Castlereigh’s return to England; Tsar Alexander I from Russia‚ Prince Metternich‚ Austria; Wilhelm von Humboldt‚ Prussia and Charles Talleyrand from France. The Congress of Vienna attempted to ensure a balance
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opposed to various taxes and other laws they considered oppressive and illegitimate. * Earlier responses of the colonies to Parliamentary actions included petitions to King George‚ a boycott of British goods‚ and the Boston Tea Party in 1773. * France‚ Spain and the Dutch Republic all secretly provided supplies‚ ammunition and weapons to the revolutionaries starting early in 1776. * The British used their naval superiority to capture and occupy American coastal cities while the rebels largely
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Marie Antoinette was just a young noble girl when she was promised to the future king of France Louis XVI. Then at fifteen‚ she was married and then at nineteen she was crowned queen of France. She was used to a very lavish life style in Austria so when she came to France she expected the same. She was a huge partier and spender; many people believe that she is one of the causes of the French revolution because of those reasons. She was extremely self-fish and although it has never been proven true
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mishandling of governing duties and incompetence in the leadership of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette‚ the large and very unjust social and economic gap between the first two privileged estates and the poor third estate‚ and finally the revolutionary ideas of the enlightenment and their influence on the philosophies of the people. Louis XVI was one of the most incompetent and frankly idiotic rulers in the history of France. He would have absolutely nothing to do with his official duties as king
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Contents Louis XVI Maximillien Robespierre Napoleon Bonaparte Louis XVI Louis XVI Louis XVI was born on August 23‚ 1754 in Versailles‚ France. He was born to his mother‚ Princess Marie-Josephine‚ and his father‚ Louis‚ the Dauphin of France. He was born with the name of Louis-August‚ Duke of Berry. Louis-August was the oldest of seven children‚ but was the third son. When his father was 36‚ he died of Lung Tuberculosis‚ preventing him from becoming the next king of France. Later his
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Yes‚ I agree that Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule of France greatly benefited the French people. Before Napoleon took charge of France‚ King Louis XVI was ruling. Education was for only the privileged. For those whom didn’t receive education‚ were taught about religion‚ manners and behaviours towards their elders. Louis XVI’s main goal in the department of education was not to teach these kids for the greater good‚ but to investigate the minds of young learners. Napoleon changed this‚ in regards to the
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Revolution. France was the most powerful and populous nation in Europe. In the early 1700s‚ France had a population around 19 million‚ about three times that of England‚ approximately six times that of the United Netherlands‚ and six times the number of Finns and Swedes ruled by the king of Sweden‚ but years of royal absolutism rule left its economy in chaos. France in the 18th century saw a developing discontent with the monarchy. Louis XIV considered a strong ruler‚ whereas Louis XV was immensely
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