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Early Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte

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Early Life: Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio, on island of Corsica in France. He was born to Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino as their second child. His parents were part of the Corsican nobility, so they were quite wealthy members of Corsica. However, a year before Napoleon’s birth, the French took Corsica under their rule and compared to the wealthy families of France, Napoleon’s family was very poor.
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As a child, Napoleon was very eager to go to school and get an education for he was interested in mathematics and wanted a career in the military. At a young age, his father sent him to Autun, a school in mainland France. There, he mainly worked on speaking and understanding the French …show more content…

In 1796, Napoleon led the French Army to defeat one of Austria’s larger armies through a number of battles in Italy. Austria was one of France’s main enemies, so people were very pleased with Napoleon for leading the French to victory. In 1797, when the Treaty of Campo Formio was signed by the two nations, France was able to gain much more territory and control of Europe. Altogether, Napoleon had taken 160,000 prisoners and captured 2,000 cannons and 170 standards. In March 1798, Napoleon proposed an idea to form a military expedition to defeat Egypt. The Directory, the five person group that ruled France since 1795, had suggested earlier that Napoleon invade England. However, Napoleon felt that their army was not ready to go up against the British army. So, he carried through with his proposal to invade Egypt and ruin the British trade routes with India. Napoleon was able to declare victory against Egypt’s military rulers, the Mamluks, but unfortunately, his troops were left stranded after the British nearly destroyed them.

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