Napoleon Bonaparte. It was written to awnser a question for my grade 12 history class, "Was Napoleon a child of the Revolution?" My teacher was very impressed with my essay.

Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the greatest conquerors and finest generals that France and even the world has ever known. He began his career as an artillery officer and in 1793 he defeated the British fleet in Toulon. Thereafter he was promoted from commander of artillery to Brigadier - General. In October 1795, he was in command of the Paris troops who were defending the National Convention against the mob. Napoleon was called the child …

…toleration, emancipation of land, public trial, and the jury system. It presented to Europe, the fundamental rules governing civilized society. Napoleon Bonaparte thus stands out as one of the greatest generals and conquerors, a peerless administrator, a lawgiver, and the greatest diplomat the world has ever known. Napoleon appealed to the masses as a great orator. He abolished feudalism wherever he went and replaced old, outmoded, confusing and conflicting laws, with the new Code Napoleon.