Question

describe the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte and what reforms did he introduced in France​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Who was napoleon bonaparte

• The ancestors of Napoleon descended from minor Italian nobility of Tuscan origin who had come to Corsica from Liguria in the 16th century.
• Napoleon boasted of his Italian heritage saying "I am of the race that founds empires", and he referred to himself as "more Italian or Tuscan than Corsican".
•  His parents Carlo Maria di Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino maintained an ancestral home called "Casa Buonaparte" in Ajaccio.
• Napoleon was born there on 15 August 1769, their fourth child and third son.
• A boy and girl were born first but died in infancy.
• He had an elder brother, Joseph, and younger siblings Lucien, Elisa, Louis, Pauline, Caroline, and Jérôme. Napoleon was baptised as a Catholic.
• Although he was born Napoleone di Buonaparte,
•  he changed his name to Napoléon Bonaparte when he was 27 in 1796 upon his first marriage.

His life

• When he turned 9 years old,he moved to the French mainland and enrolled at a religious school in Autun in January 1779.
• In May, he transferred with a scholarship to a military academy at Brienne-le-Château.
•  In his youth he was an outspoken Corsican nationalist and supported the state's independence from France.
•  Like many Corsicans, Napoleon spoke and read Corsican (as his mother tongue) and Italian (as the official language of Corsica).
• He began learning French in school at around age 10.
• Although he became fluent in French, he spoke with a distinctive Corsican accent and never learned how to spell French correctly.

Napoleon’s Education and Early Military Career

Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. He was the second of eight surviving children born to Carlo Buonaparte (1746-1785), a lawyer, and Letizia Romalino Buonaparte (1750-1836). Although his parents were members of the minor Corsican nobility, the family was not wealthy. The year before Napoleon’s birth, France acquired Corsica from the city-state of Genoa, Italy. Napoleon later adopted a French spelling of his last name.

The Coup of 18 Brumaire

• In November 1799, in an event known as the coup of 18 Brumaire, Napoleon was part of a group that successfully overthrew the French Directory.

• The Directory was replaced with a three-member Consulate, and 5'7" Napoleon became first consul, making him France’s leading political figure. In June 1800, at the Battle of Marengo, Napoleon’s forces defeated one of France’s perennial enemies, the Austrians, and drove them out of Italy. The victory helped cement Napoleon’s power as first consul. Additionally, with the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, the war-weary British agreed to peace with the French (although the peace would only last for a year).

• Napoleon worked to restore stability to post-revolutionary France. He centralized the government; instituted reforms in such areas as banking and education; supported science and the arts; and sought to improve relations between his regime and the pope (who represented France’s main religion, Catholicism), which had suffered during the revolution. One of his most significant accomplishments was the Napoleonic Code, which streamlined the French legal system and continues to form the foundation of French civil law to this day.

• In 1802, a constitutional amendment made Napoleon first consul for life. Two years later, in 1804, he crowned himself emperor of France in a lavish ceremony at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.

Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

“The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.”

“The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.”“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

“The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.”“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”“Envy is a declaration of inferiority.”

“The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.”“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”“Envy is a declaration of inferiority.”“The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.”

“The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.”“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”“Envy is a declaration of inferiority.”“The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.”“If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.”