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How Did Napoleon Bonaparte Impact The World

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Napoleon Bonaparte was a great military leader who rose to power during the French revolution. Napoleon did many things in his time in power as well as out of power. He influenced and impacted many European countries, and even America. He was a clever intelligent man with great determination, initiative, and will. Napoleon has impacted the world by forming the basis of French civil law and by forming the United States of America as we know it.
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. Napoleon lived from the mid 18th century to the early 19th century. He was born in Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. Although napoleons parents were of minor nobility his family was not …show more content…

In 1812 Napoleon lead a massive army into Russia in the summer of 1812. Instead of engage In battle with the French the russians would retreat whenever napoleons forces attempted to attack. As a result of the stradegy, napoleons forces just kept getting deeper and deeper into Russia. By september both sides had suffered heavy casualties. Napoleons army marched to moscow and to his surprise almost the entire town had been evacuated. The retreating russians had set fire all across the city in an effort to deprive napoleons soldiers of any supplies they could use.
Napoleon impacted France and other countries by creating the Napoleonic code as well as selling the Louisiana purchase. Nap wh
Napoleon impacted the world by making the Napoleonic code which formed the basis of French civil law and by the selling of the Louisiana purchase which has formed the united states as we know it. Napoleon was a great historical figure who lead the people of France, but in the end his ambition got the best of him and lead him to his downfall. Napoleon once said " if you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in a fight the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of dogs and their leader is a lion all the dogs will fight like a lion''. This shows how napoleon inspired his

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