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'''Napoleon Bonapart''' was born in 1769 on the island of [[Corsica]]. No one knew that this child would have such a big influence on French in the future, because his parents were from  nobility but they were not so rich . Napoleon grew up in a large family with four brothers and three sisters, his parents were Letitia Carlo Bonaparte and his brothers were named : Giuiseppe , Luciano , Luigi and Gerolamo and his sisters were: Elisha , Paola and Carolina . At 15 he went to officer candidate training in Paris and at 16 he already finished the training , so that proved that he was a quick learner . He has also been on the royal military school in Briene . In 1789 the revolution broke out when Napoleon was only 20 , he had an opinion, he was not against the Revolution , but he thought that the people should not use violence he also found that the king was well behaved . In 1795 the revolution stops and Louis XVI beheaded . When Napoleon then entered the army , it's all faster than expected . He falls to Italy in the Apennines . The victory should soon be a reality , and that's the end , even after 96 hours and 5 battles .
Napoleon is known for  victories and peace , he is also depicted on his first portrait as a conqueror. In 1798, Napoleon went to England but was unsuccessful because England was difficult to attack. Napoleon also went  to Egypt with 50,000. When he came back from Egypt, his wife (Josephine) had a surprise for him, even the house: "ma maison". When he arrived in the national assembly, he first got a lot of criticism, but because his brother was the chairman of that meeting,  Napoleon got the power. In 1800, a bomb aimed at Napoleon, four years later, there is somebody arrested. In 1801, Napoleon signed the Concordat with the Catholic Church and Napoleon also made the Civil Code. 

Napoleon  as a 1st consul, may only get advice from the other two consuls, so basically he has all power. But the highlight of his career was in the year 1804 in this year he crowns himself Emperor of France. This indicated that he had a pretty high self-esteem otherwise he would be crowned by someone else he crowns his wife as  Empress. In his time as emperor, he founded a legion of honour there are 30,000 people from all over France, because of this  you got a good pension. But all good things come to an end and Napoleon is captured in one day by the British and exiled to an island called St. Helena where he spent his last years. What is certain is that he is deceased on the island of St. Helena in 1821.

===How did Napoleon seized power in Europe?===
As he did not come from an important noble family , he would never have made it very far in an estate society. But thanks to the revolution his career went fast. After the revolution many old noble officers fled or were dismissed and beheaded. As a result young fighters like napoleon had all kinds of opportunities. In 1796 Napoleon was already a general and he led the campaign to Italy. Napoleon’s troops were not well armed , but they did have something else: they were eager to fight. This applied to all French troops. Because of the revolution the French army had become a fierce war machine.

===Decline of Napoleon===
1.France started to spread their nationalism.

2.Napoleon saw that Great Britain was becoming stronger and had survived all changes. He made up a plan named " The Continental System". It consisted in making Great Britain weak. He stopped the trade with Great Britain. Great Britain’s navy was better than France's, so his plan did not work.

3. Russia was not happy with Napoleon's decisions. Out of frustration Napoleon invaded  Russia.  With half a million soldiers Napoleon went to Moscow in the summer of 1812. But the Russians had a good tactic, they knew they could never defeat such an enormous army. They continued  to retreat, but destroyed all food supplies so the French would not be able to find anything to eat.  When Napoleon finally arrived in Moscow in September. But there was no Moscow, it was nearly desert.  So Napoleon needed to leave empty-handed. The winter started to retreat him. Hundreds  of thousands of men and horses died of hunger, exhaustion and frost. This event was also said to be the beginning of the end.
4. The Battle of Leipzig or Battle of Nations, on 16-19 October 1813, was fought by the coalition armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden against the French army of Napoleon. Napoleon's army also contained Polish and Italian troops and Germans of the Rhine Confederation. In the struggle over 600,000 soldiers were involved and it was thus the largest battle in Europe before the First World War. 

5. Napoleon was defeated and forced to return to France. Napoleon was forced to retreat 00.and Napoleon was banned to Elba. But Napoleon managed to escape, and again he seized power in Paris. After this he decided to attacked Waterloo,  he was finally defeated in this Battle. Napoleon was banned  to Saint Helena, a British island between Africa and South America. There he died in 1821

===Consequences Napoleons rule in the Netherlands===

Napoleon made a lot of changes in a short period of time:

1 . Every house got a number; House numbering                                                 
2 . Eliminating bureaucracy
3 . Judiciary was reorganized: District Courts, Courts of Appeal .
4 . Compulsory of French classes in schools
5 . Censorship of newspapers
6 .  Reduction of State Debts
7 . Continental System
8 . Dutch people got a surname

Poverty was increasing. In 1811, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte visited the Netherlands , and was still greeted friendly , but when it brought military service to the Netherland, the people started to revolt . Indeed, it was unfair that only the rich could buy  someone else to send in addition. 

When France announced that all the men between 20 and 80 years old had to defend the Dutch coast , the people really started to revolt.
The rich people also started to revolt , when the new service Gardes d'Honneur was introduced and this service could not be bought .
A storm of protest and rebellion arose . The Cossacks came to the Netherlands to expel the French armies and the Dutch took control of Prince William of Orange. William VI , came from England to the Netherlands on November 30 1813,  and was crowned as King William I .

The Netherlands was under the rule of French for 18 years

===References===

History book; geschiedenis werkplaats
http://www.entoen.nu/napoleon/b1 
http://www.scholieren.com/praktische-opdracht/28274
http://www.isgeschiedenis.nl/invloedrijke-mannen/napoleon-bonaparte-keizer-van-frankrijk/
http://www.scholieren.com/werkstuk/7670
http://www.napoleon.org/en/home.asp

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