Who would have ever predicted that by the "1800's a young lieutenant, who was barely French, would be master of France" (Maurois 5)? Napoleon Bonaparte was a military genius who won many wars and battles for France. Napoleon Bonaparte had a huge impact on all of France and numerous other countries around Europe. He had many great accomplishments, two of which were his positions as First Consul and Emperor.
             Napoleon was a military genius, known for all of his many successes on the battlefield. He began his career in the military as an artillery officer (Weidhorn 16). In 1793, Napoleon received the title of Lieutenant colonel. He felt that his ability needed to tested, and he proved himself well in a battle against the British Napoleon received the position of commander of all troops in Paris (Weidhorn 21-24). In response to his victories as the commander, he was then given the title of "commander in chief of the Army of the Interior" (Wiedhorn26). Napoleon began piling up victories left and right. He won six battles against Austria, including the battle of Lodi in 1796 and the battle of Ravoli in 1797 (Weidhorn).
             Napoleon became the first consul when the consulate was established in the year of 1799. "Napoleon made a point of ruling as a civilian, but he was more authoritarian than Louis XVI" (Columbia). He did many things while he was consul, one of which was establishing the Bank of France. With the Concordat of 1801, the result was peace with the Roman Catholic Church. The Concordat reestablished status and church unity, as long as in return the church had to give the civil authorities stricter submission. The next thing Napoleon did was he ended the second coalition. This accomplishment
             happened through the treaty of Luneville in 1801 with Austria and the treaty of Amiens
             in 1802 with Great Britain. Because of this, "France became paramount on the continent...