THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
NAPOLEONIC WARS
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Libery, Equality, Fraternity
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Cuba Libre
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Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What did Napoleon accomplish? Napoleon served as first consul of France from 1799 to 1804. In that time, Napoleon reformed the French educational system, developed a civil code (the Napoleonic Code), and negotiated the Concordat of 1801.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1799, he led a coup d’état and was appointed First Consul; within a few years he named himself Emperor and set out to claim an empire. Over the next ten years, the armies of France under his command fought almost every European power, and acquired control of most of continental Europe by conquest or alliance.
Detailed explanation-3: -Napoleon instituted reforms in post-revolutionary France, starting with a complete overhaul of military training. He also centralized the government, reorganized the banking and educational systems, supported the arts, and improved relations between France and the pope.
Detailed explanation-4: -The wars started as a preemptive war by Revolutionary France to forestall the attempt of the ancien régimes of Europe to suppress the French revolution, but soon became a war of conquest with the intention of “revolution export” by France.