Project on Napoleon Bonaparte

1. Bonjour!
By Hattie and Grant

2. Ah, France...
Home to the arts, music,
science, love...

3. But it was also home to
a blood-thirsty dictator.

4. icta tor
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Libera
tor
So who
Genius
was he?
Monster

5. He was born on August 15 in Corsica.

6. His father was a prominent lawyer and
diplomat to France, so Napoleon
got a good education.
About a year after first learning French,
he was sent to military school in France.

7. After graduation, he was accepted
into the École Militaire.Witnessed
attack on Tuileries Palace.
Soldier for Corsica
Soldier for France

8. Then he published
“Le Souper de
Beaucaire”, and won the
Siege of Toulon.

9. As if that wasn’t enough,
he then singlehandedly saved the
newborn Republic on 13
Vendémaire from rebels and from
the First Coalition.
Napoleon = hero

10. He is given command of the Army of Italy.
Where he met the First Coalition again...

11. He won.

12. So he went to Egypt.
(not that successful)

13. Second Coalition
While he was in Egypt, another alliance
formed against France, the Second
Coalition.

14. So, upon returning to
France, he...

15. Took total control of
the government.

17. Napoleon becomes
First Consule.

18. As First Consul, he did
many things.
Louisiana Purchase Napoleonic Code More War in Italy

19. But after a couple years
of being First Consul,
he decides to become
Emperor.

20. And thus, the
French Empire
was born...

21. And now, ladies and
gentlemen, for your
enjoyment...

22. Napoleon’s legacy
Good Bad
• Napoleonic Code • Killed 6 million
• Tax Reforms and people
French Wealth • Destroyed French
• Jewish Rights Democracy
• Rosetta Stone,
Metric System
(science!)
• Not a King