HIS241H1 Lecture : 002 Napoleonic France.doc
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Made public dec to french people: french rev is still ging on through me. he said he wanted to continue the objective of the french rev, starting the third stage of the french rev. Constant fighting between left and right, constant fighting within the radicals and moder- ates. Important because they created a new system within france and challenged europe. 30 million people under a new political system. Born in corsica, island was bought by the french in 1769; corsica had opposition to. Nap sided with the cors nationals and wanted to succeed from france. He decided it"d be better to try his luck in mainland france and join the french revolution. His classmates ridiculed him for his italian name, corsican accent and short height. He blew up the classroom in a chemical experiment, jesus christ is this guy a supervillain. His first task as a general later was to free toulon in 1793;
