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    and these ideas have often affected societies. One individual was Napoleon Bonaparte, the first Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Another individual is Father Hidalgo, a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence. Both individuals have profound ideas which impacted and influenced societies in many different ways. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15 August 1769.Napoleon was born in a rich family, and because his noble, moderately affluent

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    around him, Napoleon’s rise to power and falls from throne should be considered natural to the French Society and a necessity to end the craziness and chaoticness of French Revolution, as its human nature to incline to the lost pass. In general, Napoleon Bonaparte’ good deeds as being a concrete leader and strategic policy make outweigh his drawback to the progression of French Society as in this case the French Revolution by crowning himself as king. Admittedly according to some, Napoleon’s coronation

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    Napoleon Bonaparte was a military general and the an emperor of France who is now considered one of the world's greatest and one of the world’s most controversial military leaders. Napoleon revolutionized military organization, sponsored the Napoleonic Code, and also reorganized education and established the long-lived Napoleon code with the papacy. ("pbs.org", nov 27, 2016) Napoleon’s many reformations left a lasting mark on the institutions of France and of much of western Europe. But his driving

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    Napoleon may have been the greatest general of all time, however he failed as an Emperor. As a youth he displayed natural abilities and a work ethic that allowed him to quickly achieve notoriety and a very high military rank. He was unarguably a great military strategist who won decisive victories thought out most of his military career. His intelligence and charm gained him loyalties and personal success during a uniquely historical and political time period in France. Napoleon had inherited his

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    To many historians and society, Napoleon Bonaparte is hailed as a powerful and successful emperor due to the vast amount of  territories he conquered during his reign and the restoration of France’s economy. Despite these “successes”, Napoleon was actually inimical for France. He not only lost numerous battles that weakened France over time, but created numerous policies that made France less powerful than other nations and even betrayed the fundamental principles that the revolution was based on

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    Frederick William Robertson once said, “There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.” Napoleon Bonaparte, who ruled France after its revolutionary war, is known as one of the greatest military geniuses in history. His legacy as a genius might have been true, but his legacy as ruler everything of a despot. His actions were not beneficial and did not regard the potential and later evident consequences of his people and other nations. He established a code

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    in the fact that Napoleon Bonaparte was a significant character in France. However, there have been debates among historians for years around the central question: “Was Napoleon Bonaparte a hero or a villain?” The answer here relies on how one looks upon the situation. Was Napoleon Bonaparte a savior to the French, or was he a tyrant to the French? Although many historians’ answers do rely deeply onto perspective, their answers also lie within which stage of life Napoleon Bonaparte was in, as well

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    Napoleon Bonaparte was a military leader. He was also known as the Corsican, and the Little Corporal. He crowned himself emperor in 1804. He was the first emperor of France. During his reign, he conquered much of Europe. He abdicated in 1814 and was exiled to Elba. In 1815, he returned to power in his Hundred Days campaign. He would lose the Battle of Waterloo and get abdicated again. He would also get exiled again as well. Napoleon was a shrewd, ambitious, and skilled military strategist. He fought

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    Napoleon Bonaparte, soldier, general, politician, tyrant, emperor. Napoleon Bonaparte was a great many things. He ended the French revolution, bringing stability and order to a country stricken with chaos. He accomplished civil reforms that other countries could only dream off in matter of a few years, restoring financial stability, reformed the education system, instituted an extensive program of public works, centralized the governmental systems which is still in effect today in France, and settled

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    a no-name boy from the minute island of Corsica, Napoleon Bonaparte defied the odds, eventually rising to become the most powerful and polarizing figure in Europe during his lifetime. Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power over a France in continuous turmoil was a direct result of his administration's obvious similarities to that of the Roman Empire. By following a simple blueprint first coined by the Romans some 2000 years earlier, Napoleon Bonaparte catapulted himself to the forefront of the French

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