NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Napoleon was a great French leader who rose from

middle class to being Emperor of France by winning
lots of battles after the French Revolution. He became
a hero and lived long enough to see himself become
the villain.

Napoleon Bonaparte was born

……………………………………………………. just
three months after the island had been defeated
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The Bonapartes were Corsican aristocrats, but

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When Napoleon was ………………………..his father
sent him …………………………………………………

Later, Napoleon was selected for …………………………………………………. At the age of …….,

he ………………………………………………… Napoleon supported …………………………………. and
quickly …………………………………………………

- was very good …………………………………………………………………………………....

The 26-year-old Napoleon was …………………………………………………
- He graduated from the military academy in France and became Lieutenant at a very young age of
16, which is 5 year earlier than most of the soldiers.
- ………………………., he overthrew the Directory and became the First Consul - …………….

During the Consulate, he made …………………………………………………

• reformed …………………………………… and established ……………………..

• introduced …………………………………………………
• started lycées - ………………………………………………… ..to develop future soldiers
• gave ………………………………………………… …………….to make the people happy
• In …………………, he signed a Concordat …………………………………………………
gain support of the organized church.
• wrote ……………………………………………….. called THE NAPOLEONIC CODE
(………………….) which established a comprehensive system of laws
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 Content:
• Guaranteed …………………………………………………
• Continued the social aims towards the French Revolution
• Protected …………………………………………………
• Women …………………………………………………

The Consulate ended in …………………, when Napoleon however

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Extra information: Napoleon's Height

Napoleon stood about 5 feet and 7 inches tall (170cm), making him slightly taller than the average Frenchman
of his time. Much has been made of Napoleon's height, and legends claim that he was unusually short, giving
rise to the term "Napoleon complex," an inferiority
complex sometimes associated with people of short
stature. Some historians attribute the myths about
Napoleon's height to British propaganda.

Extra information:

In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon

Bonaparte is crowned Napoleon I, the first
Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand
years.

Pope Pius VII handed Napoleon the crown that the

35-year-old conqueror of Europe placed on his own
head.

Revision:

1. The French people welcomed Napoleon because.

a. they hoped he would help the collapsing French economy.
b. he completely disavowed the ideals of the Revolution.
c. he was the grandson of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
d. he promised order after the chaos of the Revolution.
2. Napoleon was born on the French island ____________________________in______________
3. Napoleon created a set of laws called ____________________________________these new laws
embodied___________________________________