It all began when he was able to drive British forces out of Toulon in 1793 at age 24. ... He then attacked British commerce in Egypt by going to Cairo with his troops. ... Before him, France was under the Reign of Terror where revolutionaries executed people left and right and there was no end to the chaos. ... Napoleon was often thought of as a conqueror, but his political goals for Europe were of no such thing. ... Economically, Napoleon created a policy known as the Continental System, who's goal was to destroy Britain's economy by closing all continental ports to British trade. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Revolution promoted the development of new political forces such as democracy and nationalism. ... The Revolution also gave new meanings and new ideas to the political ideas of the people. ... The First and Second Estates were grouped together because they had similar political beliefs. ... After this action by the king, moderate revolutionaries still wanted to preserve the constitutional monarchy, while the radicals distrusted the king and wanted a republic. ... But, in 1793, Great Britain, the Dutch Netherlands, and Spain went along with Prussia and Austria in a war against France. ...

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The Reign of Terror At the onset of the French Revolution, the revolutionaries who felt that the Monarchy of Louis XVI was tyrannical and could no longer be trusted to protect to people of France exclaimed the tenements of Fraternity, liberty, and equality. ... Robespierre and his followers believed that their Terror was on the side of the Revolutionaries of "Older times" which actually only occurred four years prior. ... Robespierre believed that France's government and indeed all of France needed to be cleansed of all the filthy people who littered the opposite side of the street,...

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• Grade Level: High School