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**Your group should research famous or important people in history in your country. In our class activity you will discuss and present them, explaining //why they are important//. Think about these questions while doing your research, discussion, presentation, and writing:**

=//Why is this person important or famous?// = =//Did this person help or hurt people in this country?// =

**Please write a paragraph summarizing IN YOUR OWN WORDS two or three important people in history in your country. Please answer the questions above for each person in your paragraph. Remember to add pics or videos to make it more interesting!** Napoléon tente de mettre un terme à son profit à la série de guerres que mènent les [|monarchies] [|européennes] contre la France depuis 1792. Napoleon tries to put an end to his advantage in the series of wars waged by [|monarchies] [|Europe] against France since 1792. Il conduit les hommes de la [|Grande Armée], du [|Nil] et de l' [|Andalousie] jusqu'à [|Moscou]. He led the men of the [|Grand Army] of the [|Nile] and the [|Andalusia] to [|Moscow]. Obtenant de nombreuses victoires ( [|Arcole], [|Rivoli] , [|Pyramides] , [|Marengo] , [|Austerlitz] , [|Iéna] , [|Friedland] , [|Wagram] , [|La Moskova] ) face aux diverses coalitions montées et financées par le [|Royaume de Grande-Bretagne] (devenue le [|Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande] en 1801). Obtaining many victories ( [|Arcola], [|Rivoli] , [|Pyramids] , [|Marengo] , [|Austerlitz] , [|Jena] , [|Friedland] , [|Wagram] , [|The Moskva] ) against various coalitions mounted and financed by the [|Kingdom of Great Britain] (now the [|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland] in 1801). L'historien britannique [|Eric Hobsbawm], note qu'aucune armée n'était allée aussi loin depuis les [|Vikings] ou les [|Mongols] et n'avait soumis autant de grandes puissances de son époque. The British historian [|Eric Hobsbawm], note that no army had gone this far since the [|Vikings] or [|Mongols] and had submitted all the great powers of his day. Il réorganise et réforme durablement l'État et la société. He reorganized and lasting reform the state and society. Il porte le territoire français à son extension maximale avec 134 [|départements] en 1812, transformant [|Rome], [|Hambourg] , [|Barcelone] ou [|Amsterdam] en chefs-lieux de départements français. He wears French territory to full length with 134 [|departments] in 1812, transforming [|Rome], [|Hamburg] , [|Barcelona] or [|Amsterdam] in towns of French departments. Il est aussi président de la [|République italienne] de 1802 à 1805, puis roi d' [|Italie] du 17 mars 1805 au 11 avril 1814, mais encore médiateur de la [|Confédération suisse] de 1803 à 1813 et protecteur de la [|Confédération du Rhin] de 1806 à 1813. He is also president of the [|Italian Republic] from 1802 to 1805, then King of [|Italy] 17 March 1805 to April 11, 1814, but the mediator of the [|Swiss Confederation] from 1803 to 1813 and protector of the [|Confederation of the Rhine] from 1806 to 1813. Il conquiert et gouverne la majeure partie de l' [|Europe continentale] et place les membres de sa famille sur les trônes de plusieurs royaumes européens : [|Joseph] sur celui de [|Naples] puis d' [|Espagne], [|Jérôme] sur celui de [|Westphalie] , [|Louis] sur celui de [|Hollande] et son beau-frère [|Joachim Murat] à Naples. He conquered and ruled most of [|continental Europe] and puts his family on the thrones of several European kingdoms: [|Joseph] on that of [|Naples] and of [|Spain], [|Jerome] that of [|Westphalia] , [|Louis] on that of [|Holland] and her in-law [|Joachim Murat] in Naples. Il crée aussi un [|grand-duché de Varsovie], sans oser restaurer formellement l'indépendance polonaise, et soumet à son influence des puissances vaincues telles que le [|Royaume de Prusse] et l' [|Archiduché d'Autriche]. It also creates a [|Grand Duchy of Warsaw], not daring to formally restore Polish independence, and submit to the influence of the defeated powers such as the [|Kingdom of Prussia] and [|Austria Archduchy]. Objet, dès son vivant, d'une [|légende dorée] comme d'une [|légende noire], il a acquis la notoriété pour son habileté militaire et politique, mais aussi pour son régime autoritaire, et pour ses campagnes causant la mort de plus d'un million de civils, soldées par de lourdes défaites en [|Espagne] , en [|Russie] , et à la [|bataille de Waterloo] qui met fin en 1815 à l'Empire napoléonien. Object during his lifetime, a [|golden legend] as a [|black legend], he gained notoriety for his military skill and political, but also for his authoritarian regime, and for his campaigns killing over a million civilians, resulted in heavy defeats in [|Spain] , in [|Russia] , and the [|battle of Waterloo] which ends in 1815 to the Napoleonic Empire. Sa [|mort en exil à Sainte-Hélène] sous la garde des Anglais, fut l'objet de nombreuses controverses. His [|death in exile on St. Helena] in the custody of the English, was the subject of much controversy. Toute une tradition [|romantique] fait de Napoléon l'archétype du //grand homme// appelé à bouleverser le monde. A whole tradition [|romantic] Napoleon made ​​the archetype of the //great man// called to overturn the world. C'est ainsi que le [|comte de Las Cases], auteur du célèbre [|//Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène//] tenta de présenter Napoléon au parlement britannique dans une pétition rédigée en 1818 [|[ 1]]. [|Élie Faure], dans son ouvrage //Napoléon// , qui a inspiré [|Abel Gance] , le compare à un « prophète des temps modernes ». Thus the [|Count of Las Cases], author of the famous [|//Memorial of St. Helena,//] Napoleon tried to present the British Parliament in a petition written in 1818 [|[1]]. [|Elie Faure], //Napoleon// in his book, which inspired [|Abel Gance] , compared to a "prophet of modern times." D'autres auteurs, tel [|Victor Hugo], font du vaincu de Sainte-Hélène le « [|Prométhée] moderne ». Other authors, such as [|Victor Hugo], are the loser of the St. Helena " [|Prometheus] modern. " L'ombre de « Napoléon le Grand » plane sur de nombreux ouvrages de [|Balzac] , [|Stendhal] , [|Musset] , mais aussi de [|Dostoïevski] , de [|Tolstoï] et de bien d'autres encore. The shadow of "Napoleon the Great" hangs over many works of [|Balzac], [|Stendhal] , [|Musset] , but also [|Dostoyevsky] , of [|Tolstoy] and many others.
 * Napoleon I,** born [|15] [|August] [|1769] in [|Ajaccio], in [|Corsica] and died on [|5] [|May] [|1821] on the [|island of St. Helena] , the [|UK] , is the first [|Emperor of the French] on 18 May 1804 to 6 April 1814 and 20 March 1815 to 22 June 1815. Il fut, sous le nom de **Napoléon Bonaparte** , un [|général] des armées de la [|Révolution] , commandant en chef des armées d'Italie et d'Orient. He was under the name of **Napoleon Bonaparte,** a [|general] of the armies of the [|Revolution] , commander of the armies of Italy and the Orient. Parvenu au pouvoir en devenant en 1799 [|Premier Consul] à la suite du [|coup d'État du 18 brumaire] , puis consul à vie le 2 août 1802 jusqu'au 18 mai 1804, date à laquelle il est proclamé empereur par un [|sénatus-consulte] suivi d'un [|plébiscite] . Came to power in 1799, becoming [|First Consul] after the [|coup of 18 Brumaire] , then consul for life August 2, 1802 until May 18, 1804, when he was proclaimed emperor by a [|decree of the senate] followed a [|plebiscite] . Enfin il est sacré Empereur en la [|cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris] le [|2 décembre] [|1804] par le pape [|Pie VII] . Finally he was crowned Emperor in the [|cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris] on [|2 December] [|1804] by Pope [|Pius VII].