We have just finished the French Revolution and we are going to begin talking about the Rise of Napoleon...tonight's blog assignment is to research Napoleon Bonaparte, his youth, his military experiences during the Revolution, his rise to power, his accomplishments, his defeats, and his final fall from grace. I want you to come up with TWO facts about Napoleon that you consider to be interesting and unique..you will need to write your response in complete sentences...
Oh, and you MAY NOT use any fact that has already been used by another classmate! If you do, your entry will be considered VOID! You need to be original..and in this case, it truly does pay to be one of the first to respond!
Good Luck!
Mrs. Russell :)
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ReplyDeleteHe was born August 15 1769.
ReplyDeleteHe Died may 5th 1821 of Stomach Cancer.
1.The national flag of Italy was designed by Napoleon.
ReplyDelete2.Napoleon wasn't all that short. In French measurement, he was 5 feet 2 inches, but in our to measurements, that would be 5' 6'', which isn't that short..
He was born into a gentry family.
ReplyDeleteHe was made the commandeer of the French army in Italy.
Napoléon Bonaparte was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français) and King of Italy under the name Napoleon I from May 18, 1804 to April 6, 1814, and again briefly from March 20 to June 22, 1815.
ReplyDelete1.He was The French Military Leader
ReplyDelete2.He established The Colt Of Personality
Napoléon Bonaparte was a brilliant military strategist, able to absorb the substantial body of military knowledge of his time and to apply it to the real-world circumstances of his era.
ReplyDelete1 - As a boy, Napolean hated the French. Yet later on in life, he made a career serving in the French Army and eventually became Emperor of France.
ReplyDelete2 - He graduated from the Paris Military Academy and became a Lieutenant in the French Army at the very young age of 16. That is 5 years earlier than most graduates.
3 - The Rosetta Stone is a very famous archaelogical discovery that helped scientists decipher ancient heiroglyphics. It was found as a direct result of Napolean conquering Egypt.
4 - Napolean's final defeat was at the Battle of Waterloo during the War of 1812. It is believed that had he attacked earlier in the day when the weather conditions were more favorable, he would have had a better chance of winning. However, because he was suffering from hemmorhoid pain and constipation that morning, he delayed his attack as the weather worsened. As a result, he lost and was banished to an isolated island for the rest of his life.
5 - Although he was sick with a stomach ulcer near the end of his life, when he died, the cause of death was a mystery.
It was discovered later that the pigment used to color the wallpaper in Napolean's house emitted arsenic vapor, a dealy gas, when it became damp from humidity. Some people believe that the long term effects of inhaling this poisonous gas, along with his stomach ulcer, are what killed him.
Others believe that Napolean was poisoned by mouth. It was known that Napolean drank liquids made with bitter almonds. He also took a drug called calomel. This drug supposedly reacts fatally with bitter almonds.
After his death, some people were given locks of his hair. In 1960, chemical tests were performed on some of these locks and relatively large amounts of arsenic were detected.
Um is it just me or is world history boring now...
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