MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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His taxes helped build majestic palaces throughout Europe.
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His family members were installed on European thrones.
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Napoleon’s defeat led to freed countries, and people showing pride in their culture.
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He was a great military leader who everyone admired.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He wanted to control the rest of Europe and to reassert French power in the Americas. He envisioned his western empire including Louisiana, Florida, French Guiana, and the French West Indies.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The rise and spread of nationalism gave people a new sense of identity and unity. It also led to increased competition among nation-states. After Napoleon was defeated, several other European nations joined together to attempt to return to the old-conservative-ways.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the occupation, Napoleon destroyed and disallowed many nations’ individual cultures, and the people of these nations greatly resented this. As a result, Napoleon’s conquests spurred a new nationalism in the occupied nations, particularly in Germany and Italy, at a level that had never previously existed.