The+Directory+and+Napoleon's+Rise

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<span style="font-size: 200%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(204, 20, 20)"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif">**__A Rising General__**

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">Napoleon Bonaparte <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> ,<span style="color: rgb(46, 40, 40)"> born on August 15, 1769 in Corsica, Italy, was a French general whose brilliant strategic maneuvers were used on a rebellion in 1795. This action greatly attracted him the attention of the rest of France. He had 7 brothers and sisters, and he hated the French when he was young. When he was 9 years old his father sent him to a French military government school, and studied to be an Artillery soldier. Napoleon joined the French army as an officer at age 16. Napoleon was gifted with an extroadinary mind that gave him the ability to memorise everything he learnt and inovate on the battlefield in unheard fashion.

Napoleon's mission was the success of France at war. He knew that by conquering Italy, France would become rich from the wealth and luxuries that Italy had. At the time, in 1796, France was at war with Austria and needed money for the Directory. Napoleon promised to free the Italians from the unpopular rule of the Austrians. When France invaded, they stole a lot from the Italians, but defeating the Austrians was no easy task. Napoleon's leadership and genius, prevailed over the Austrian enemies and the French army took over Italy, capturing prisoners, weapons and the spoils of battle. <span style="color: rgb(46, 40, 40)">

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">After Napoleon failed to conquer Egypt, he returned to France and overthrew the Directory in November of 1799. He then set up a new government he called [|The Consulate], with himself as the First Consul or dictator. He married Marie Louise, the daughter of the Austrian emperor to gain more power. Napoleon became so powerful that the only countries that were left out of his control were Britain, Russia, Sweden, and Turkey. He decided to try to invade Russia but he was defeated. Shortly afterwards England, Russia, Prussia, and Austria allied together to fight the French, and Napoleon was forced to leave his throne on April 6, 1814. He was also exiled from France to a small island called Elba. Napoleon died on May 5, 1821 and his remains were brought to Paris and placed in [|Les Invalides], where they still are today.

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