MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Marat
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Danton
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Robespierre
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Bonaparte
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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: -Napoleon I, also called Napoléon Bonaparte, was a French military general and statesman. Napoleon played a key role in the French Revolution (1789–99), served as first consul of France (1799–1804), and was the first emperor of France (1804–14/15).
Detailed explanation-3: -Napoleon was born on the island of Corsica, not long after its annexation by France, to a native family descending from minor Italian nobility.
Detailed explanation-4: -Timeline: Napoleon as First Consul (1799-1804)
Detailed explanation-5: -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.