USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution (1789-1799). After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d’état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804.

Detailed explanation-2: -After Napoleon abdicated as emperor in March 1814, Louis XVIII, the brother of Louis XVI, was installed as king and France was granted a quite generous peace settlement, restored to its 1792 boundaries and not required to pay war indemnity.

Detailed explanation-3: -The French Revolution lasted 10 years from 1789 to 1799. It began on July 14, 1789 when revolutionaries stormed a prison called the Bastille. The revolution came to an end 1799 when a general named Napoleon overthrew the revolutionary government and established the French Consulate (with Napoleon as leader).

Detailed explanation-4: -1804: Napoleon Becomes Emperor Fresh off more propaganda victories and with his popularity nearly at its zenith, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself emperor of France. The French Republic was over and the French empire had begun.

Detailed explanation-5: -The 1802 Treaty of Amiens, between France and Britain, marks the end of the French Revolutionary Wars and the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars, in which shifting alliances of European nations sought to stop Napoleon’s conquests and end his reign as ruler of France.