HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pure Luck, Maximilien Robespierre, Meritocracy
10 Dec 2016
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Born in corsica 1769, napoleo(cid:374)(cid:859)s rise to lead france justifies the claim that the. Napoleon, vienna,a and counter-revolution: revolution of 1789, opened-up careers to men of talent. Important to remember that he had much luck. Napoleon always claimed to be a product of the revolution, and debatably was, even though he worked to undermine certain aspects of it. 1779 1785 napoleon attended miltary college where he served as officer of the artillery. He quickly got caught up by the french revolution in paris, and returned to support the. Jacobin faction and fought against invaders in france in 1793. Fortunate(lucky) to escape the trials onset by the actions of his friend robespierre in. 1794 (cid:271)y pu(cid:396)e lu(cid:272)k (cid:894)(cid:862)te(cid:396)(cid:396)o(cid:396) is the o(cid:396)de(cid:396) of the day(cid:863)(cid:895) Again lucky to be in paris when they required a artillery officer for halting he popular revolts in 1795: demonstrating his proactive nature & ruthlessness, firing into the parisian crowd.
