Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution (1789-1799). After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d'état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804. Shrewd, ambitious and a skilled military strategist, Napoleon successfully waged war against various coalitions of European nations and expanded his empire. However, after a disastrous French invasion of Russia in 1812, Napoleon abdicated the throne two years later and was exiled to the island of Elba. In 1815, he briefly returned to power in his Hundred Days campaign. After a crushing defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, he abdicated once again and was exiled to the remote island of Saint Helena, where he died at 51.
Samuel Adams formed the Sons of Liberty. A common way these people protested was by burning effigies, or stuffed figures, that’s looked like notorious tax collectors.
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When the allstons returned to their plantation at the end of the civil war, they were unable to regain control of their property from the freed slaves because <span>new relationships would have to be established with their former slaves.</span>
