USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

NAPOLEONIC WARS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Was Napoleon born in France?
A
Yes
B
No
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Napoleon was born on the island of Corsica, not long after its annexation by France, to a native family descending from minor Italian nobility. He supported the French Revolution in 1789 while serving in the French army, and tried to spread its ideals to his native Corsica.

Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleone Buonaparte was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, on 15 August 1769. He was the second of eight children born to Carlo Buonaparte, a lawyer descended from Tuscan nobility, and his young wife Maria-Letizia Ramolino. At the time of Napoleon’s birth, Corsica had been ceded to the French by the Genoese.

Detailed explanation-3: -His family settle from italy in 15th century. Napoleon cannot be “Italian He was born in 1769, Italy wasn’t created then. It was created 1861 about a century later. The fact that he was Italian and not French is the only reason the French Military had any sort of success while he was in power.

Detailed explanation-4: -Napoleon Bonaparte took power in France on November 9th/10th 1799. The coup of 18/19 Brumaire in the Year VIII of the republican calendar is generally taken to mark the end of the French Revolution and the beginning of Napoleon Bonaparte’s dictatorship. The Corsican had returned from Egypt on October 9th.

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