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    people know who you are talking about. Napoleon is mostly known for his reign as the Emperor of France‚ and his Napoleonic Wars that earned him a reputation as one of the greatest military leaders of all time. During his reign as Emperor‚ many argue that he was the founder of the modern state. Martyn Lyons‚ a history professor at The University of New South Wales who specializes in Napoleonic history‚ agrees. Lyons claims that some reasons Napoleon is the founder of the modern state were adopting merit

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    Three Main Effects of the Dual Revolutions The French Revolution of 1789 and the Industrial revolution were important milestones on the timeline of world history. Many changes‚ radically new ideas‚ and progressive thinkers emerged from these essential revolutions that sparked a metamorphosis of Europe. The creation of liberalism‚ conservatism‚ and the extension of railroad lines are the lasting products of the Dual Revolutions that will echo in eternity. Liberalism is an important concept that

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    Napoleon Bonaparte reigned supreme over France from 1799-1815 as a French General‚ First Consul‚ and Emperor. Known as one of the greatest military minds in the history of warfare‚ he expanded the borders of France across Europe to the edge of Russia‚ forming an Empire in the process. What is often overlooked however are his contributions to France and Europe as one of history’s great administrators. He came into power during the French Revolution following the Reign of Terror and during the Directory

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    lifetime. The French invasion of Russia led to a major turning point in Napoleon’s plans‚ France’s future‚ and also changed Europe’s history. Napoleon was to face death by the tens of thousands of the french army week by week during this campaign. This Napoleonic Campaign was just the beginning of defeat that Napoleon was to encounter and would end later at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Even though Napoleon was one of the best military leaders in history‚ his key blunder was the Russian Campaign‚ which

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    that he is hard working by painting him in his study‚ thus perhaps suggesting that he had a decent and educational upbringing. Another aspect in this painting that shows that he is hard-working is that his right hand is on a stack of papers on the Napoleonic Code that he perhaps just finished writing‚ showing that he is different from the Bourbon Kings‚ who could not and would not do any administrations. B shows that Napoleon is patriotic because of many reasons. One‚ being that his clothing colour

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    European powers‚ whom of which were all intent on creating a balance of power to preserve the peace in Napoleon’s absence; ultimately‚ the Congress of Vienna would achieve all of their goals‚ culminating in peace and the prevention of general war for a hundred years. The Congress of Vienna was an international conference centered around the original countries that had emerged victorious. Notably‚ each of these countries were involved in the forming of several coalitions

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    1: Chap 7: Sections 3-4-5 Sec. 3 P-233 Questions 6 - In my opinion‚ Napoleon was the creator of his times because he was the one that build the French empire and his time as the French emperor and his quest to forges an empire was know as Napoleonic Wars. He is also the creation of the French Revolution because the French Revolution gave him the chance to show his military leader skill and rose up to became an emperor. His intelligence helped him created his time in history when he ruled French

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    was the head of state and Ministers from the landed gentry who often gained their seats through corrupt methods. As a result of the American revolution Britain received a tremendous shock to its system with the loss of the thirteen colonies. The war revealed Britain’s limitations and this heightened dissension and escalated political antagonism towards the monarch‚ George III‚ and his ministers. At this time the main issues concerning parliament were now representation‚ parliamentary reform‚ and

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    Napoleon Bonaparte was one of these most power and influential person during the 18th century and even still today. He was very involved in bringing out changes to France and bringing them out the problems that led to the French Revolution. Merriman stated that some of the changes he brought about was that if “state making and the emergence of nationalism‚ increase of political institutions and transformed the European continent.” (Page 479) Bonaparte favored the French Revolution in the spirit that

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    TERM PAPER Meetings and Moderation in History [pic] Table 1 Salvador Dali‚ The persistence of Memory “melting clocks”‚ 1931 Table of contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Roman senate 3 2.1. Organization of a Roman senate meeting 3 3. Congress of Vienna 4 3.1. Organization of Congress of Vienna 4 5. Discussion 5 6. Conclusion 6 Bibliography Table of figures 1

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