Napoleon Bonaparte

t émigrés back into France, let there be freedom of religion, freed slaves, and set up the Napoleonic Code. From the revolution France gained rich farmland, helped economy, and paid and fed soldiers. Most of all they gained their freedom from England. Back at home the Directory Government of France was in a downfall. France needed a new leader to impose order in France. So graciously, Napoleon stepped in as head of the military, and an executive power in France. Soon enough common people were more then happy to see a positive change, after ten years of instability, war, and an economic downfall. After a brief existence of a triumvirate in France, Napoleon became Napoleon I, emperor of France. It was Napoleon's obligation to write the new constitution on France, and insure confidence in the common people of Europe.
             Napoleon then created the Four Orders of France
             The people outside of France thought differently about Napoleon. They hated him. In order to extend France's power. He took over parts of Italy and set up a government in Switzerland. The British declared war on France afraid that he was going to take over Great Britain.
             Napoleon wanted to take over all of Europe, and he almost did. He won a series of battles; The Battle of Ulm, The Battle of Austerlitz, The Battle of Jena, and The Battle of Friedland. These were some of his more famous battles. Napoleon was a military genius, on land that is. The Battle of Trafalgar was his first loss because it was on water. The commander of the British fleet was Horatio Nelson. He was the Napoleon of the sea. In October 1805, he destroyed Napoleons thirty-three ships with his twenty-seven. Losing this battle forced Napoleon to give up his plans to invade Great Britain.
             The Grande Army, which was now 200,000 strong, was assembled in camps all along the English Channel coast. This was all in preparation for the invasion of Britain. However,...

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