Napoleon was able to control, and expand his empire so successfully because of his intelligence in knowing how to rule. There is no doubt in the fact that the French Revolution created Napoleon Bonaparte (Connely Owen, Encarta 99). This was the man who in 1799, combined a passion for power with his genius for leadership. Although to many people everything that Napoleon accomplished over a span of fifteen years seemed to undermine the principles of 1789, the result …showed first 75 words of 1462 total…

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