1. Napoleon Bonaparte
Answer.: Born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, the son of Carlo and LetiziaBonaparte.

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After Brumaire (9-10 Nov. 1799) --the coup d'etat which first set Napoleon on the path to becoming the supreme executive of a French empire-- Napoleon declared, "The Revolution is made fast on the principles on which it began; the Revolution is finished." Since this famous utterance came so soon after he gained power, it is clear that Napoleon was saying something significant about what the role of his new-born regime would be to those which had preceded it.

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On April 2, 1796, Bonaparte led his army forward into Italy. He was badly outnumbered. His 38,000 French soldiers faced 38,000 Austrians and their allies — 25,000 Piedmontese. Bonaparte's plan was to isolate the Austrians from the Piedmontese, then conquer each separately. He would strike first at Piedmont

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One of his greatest achievements was his supervision of the revision and collection of French law into codes. http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95aug/napoleon.html

Two main things contributed to his downfall, Economics and Military failure. In the Treaty of Tilset, Napoleon established the continental system which basically was a boycott of selling and buying of goods with the British..http://www.brandshome.com/aqWhat_directly_led_to_the_downfall_of_Napoleon_Bonaparte/

2. Duke Wellington
Answer. :Arthur Wesley was born in Dublin in early May 1769. In 1798, his aristocratic Anglo-Irish family changed their name to Wellesley. http://www.bing.com/search?q=+Duke+Wellington&go=&form=QBRE&filt=all&qs=n&sk=
He was an unremarkable student at Eton, but seems to have found his calling when he joined the army in 1787.
Military Achievements=Wellesley entered the army in 1787 and, aided by his brother Richard (later Marquess Wellesley), rose rapidly in rank. He held a command in Flanders (1794–95) and in 1796 went with his regiment to India. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0861906.html#ixzz1ExVZjS7http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/robespierre.html

3. Maximilien Robespierre
Answer.: Maximilien Marie Isidore de Robespierre was born, of Irish origin, at Arras, May 6, 1758. He was admitted avocat in 1781, and was elected to the Estates General in 1789 by Artois.
The dominant figure of the French Revolution, Maximilien Robespierre, was a fanatical republican who thought the end justified the means.
A supreme political mover, Robespierre quickly became one of the leaders of the infant republic and, with his Committee of Public Safety, pushed the Terror on to France
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*Jacobin leader who seized control of National Convention and Committee of Public Safety; later instituted Reign of Terror, targeting those whose philosophies differed from his own.
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4. George Danton
Answer.: Danton was born at Arcis-sur-Aube in northeastern France, to a respectable though not wealthy family. He was given a good education and was launched in the career of an Advocate in Paris. http://www.ask.com/wiki/Georges_Danton
Longtime Jacobin and close associate of Robespierre who was executed after he began questioning the extremes to which Robespierre was going in the Reign of Terror.
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B. What happened to France after the Napoleonic War. Discuss and provide a brief and concise account about the war.=Ans. 1799 – 1815) Series of wars that ranged France against shifting alliances of European powers. Originally an attempt to maintain French strength established by the French Revolutionary Wars, they became efforts by Napoleon to affirm his supremacy in the balance of European power. http://www.answers.com/topic/napoleonic-wars-2#ixzz1Exgzxru1
The Napoleonic wars were a series of conflicts, all involving France, that dominated European history at the start of the 19th century, and cast a long shadow over most of its remainder. http://www.answers.com/topic/napoleonic-wars-2#ixzz1ExhTdrnl

C. Introduce the following personalities and their accomplishments in their respective countries:

1. Queen Isabela
Answer:. Isabella I was born on April 22, 1451 in the town of Madrigal de las Altas Torres. She died on November 26, 1504 in the castle of La Mota. She is often referred to as "La Católica" (the Catholic) a "title" given to her by the Spanish Pope, Alexander VI. This is a title that the Kings and Queens of Spain still retain. She was the daughter of John II, King of Castile and his second wife, Isabella of Portugal. http://www.ctspanish.com/legends/isabella1.htm

2. King Carlos V
Answer:. On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of dictator Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated King according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I_of_Spain

3. King Philip II
Answer:. Philip II (Spanish: Felipe II; Portuguese: Filipe I ; 21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598) was King of Spain (kingdoms of Castile, Navarra, this one disputed by the French and the Crown of Aragon) and Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland.[1][2] He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as Duke or Count. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain
Also known as Philip the Prudent, he ruled one of the world's largest empires which included territories in every continent then known to Europeans.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain

4. Ivan the Terrible
Answer:. Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Russian: About this sound Ива́н Четвёртый, Васи́льевич​ (help·info), Ivan Chetvyorty, Vasilyevich; 25 August 1530 – 28 March [O.S. 18 March] 1584),[1] known in English as Ivan the Terrible (Russian: About this sound Ива́н Гро́зный​ (help·info), Ivan Groznyi; lit. Dreadful), was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 until his death. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_the_Terrible

5. Peter the Great
Answer:. Peter I the Great or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov (Russian: Пётр Алексе́евич Рома́нов, Пётр I, Pyotr I, or Пётр Вели́кий, Pyotr Velikiy) (9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725)[1] ruled Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May [O.S. 27 April] 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his weak and sickly half-brother, Ivan V. He carried out a policy of modernization and expansion that transformed the Tsardom of Russia into a 3-billion acre Russian Empire, a major European power. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Great

6. Catherine the Great
Answer:. Catherine II (Russian: Екатерина II Великая, Yekaterina II Velikaya), also known as Catherine the Great (German: Katharina die Große), was born in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany on 2 May [O.S. 21 April] 1729 as Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg. She reigned as Empress of Russia from 9 July [O.S. 28 June] 1762 after the assassination of her husband, Peter III, just after the end of the Seven Years' War until her death on 17 November [O.S. 6 November] 1796. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_the_Great

7. Maria Theresa
Answer:. Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina[1] (13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma. By marriage, she was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa She started her 40-year reign when her father, Emperor Charles VI, died in October 1740. Charles VI paved the way for her accession with the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, as the Habsburg lands were bound by Salic law which prevented female succession.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa