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On August 1769, in the small island of Corsica, Napoleon Bonaparte was born.

His family were members of the Corsican nobility, but their family was not wealthy.

Napoleon attended school in the mainland of France.

In 1785, he later went on to graduate from a French military academy.

He joined the French army, eventually rising to the rank of second lieutenant.

In 1789, the French Revolution had begun, and within a period of three years, the revolutionaries had overthrown the monarchs.

France was declared a French Republic.

Early in the revolution, Napoleon was on leave from the army and back home in Corsica.

It was there that he joined a pro -democracy group called the Jacobins.

In 1793, Napoleon and his family were forced to flee Corsica after having a political fallout with the governor.

He returned to the mainland of France and returned to the French military.

During this period of time, Napoleon befriended a man named Augustin Robespierre, the brother of the infamous Maximilien Robespierre.

Maximilien Robespierre was a Jacobin who was instrumental in the reign of terror.

This was a period of two years in France, where members of the bourgeoisie, and really anyone who was suspected of being an enemy of the revolution, was getting executed.

During this time, Napoleon rose to the rank of Brigadier General.

In 1794, Maximilien Rospierre and his brother Augustine were both guillotined.

Napoleon was put on house arrest due to past connections with the brothers.

The overthrow of the French monarchy birthed fear into the hearts of many European kings and queens.

After all, if democracy revealed itself to be better than a monarchy in France, then it might embolden the proletariat classes in other countries.

This led France to engage in military conflicts with many other of these European countries.

In 1796, Napoleon, with far fewer forces, defeated one of France's greatest rivals, Austria.

Within a year the conflict ended, with the Treaty of Camp Formio, which led to France's increase in territory.

Since 1795, France had been ruled by a five -person council called the Directory.

After Napoleon defeated the Austrians in 1797, the Directory gave him the offer to invade England.

He refused the offer, claiming that the French naval forces couldn't handle the British Royal Navy.

Instead, he decided to invade Egypt, so he could eventually cut off the British trade routes to India.

At the Battle of the Pyramids in July 1798, Napoleon's forces defeated the Egyptian forces, also known as the Mumluks.

Unfortunately for him, the French fleet was burned by the British Royal Navy at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798, and as a result of this, Napoleon's army was stranded.

In early 1799, Napoleon decided to invade modern -day Syria, which at the time was owned by the Ottoman Empire.

It ended with the failed Siege of Acre, which is located in modern -day Israel.

Now at this point, Napoleon was in a sticky situation, but he noticed that back home in France, there was political instability.

He made the daring decision to abandon his army in Egypt and to return to France.

The Directory had grown unpopular and in 1799 Napoleon along with others staged a coup, which became known as the Coup of 18 Brumaire.

The five member Directory was replaced with a three member consulate.

A consul is something like a president, so basically they had three presidents.

Napoleon however became the first consul, meaning that But it was at this point that Napoleon was the most powerful political figure in all of France.

In June of 1800, Napoleon once again defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo.

This victory helped secure his position as the first consul.

In 1802, the British signed the Treaty of Amiens with France.

This led to a period of peace between the two countries for about a year.

Napoleon realized that France had gone through many revolutions and much political turmoil in the past century.

He decided to restore stability to France by centralizing the government.

He also instituted reforms in banking and education.

He subsidized the arts and sciences and also squashed his beef with the Pope.

This was relevant since France was primarily Catholic.

Perhaps his most important contribution during this time was the Napoleonic Code.

The Napoleonic Code was a set of laws that clearly laid out what was legal and illegal with regards to property, individual rights, colonial affairs, and family.

In 1802, he made a major move to consolidate his power.

A constitutional amendment was passed that made Napoleon first consul for life.

Fast forward two years later, and Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of France.

The period of time between 1803 to 1815 is marked by the Napoleonic Wars.

You can probably guess why it's called that.

In 1803, mainly in order to raise money for future wars, Napoleon famously sold his French territory in North America to US President Thomas Jefferson,

for a grand total of $15 million in what's now known as the Louisiana Project purchase.

In October of 1805, the British Royal Navy again destroyed the French fleet at the Battle of Trappelgar.

Two months later, however, Napoleon achieved what many considered to be his greatest victory at the Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of Three Emperors.

Napoleon managed to defeat the much larger forces of the Russians, the Austrians, and also the Holy Roman Empire.

Napoleon defeated the Holy Roman Empire so badly that it dissolved and turned into the Confederation of the Rhine.

These were smaller states located in modern -day Germany that had to provide troops and supplies to Napoleon for his future conquest.

This region also served as a buffer from two of France's greatest enemies to the east, the Austrians and the Prussians.

Napoleon had been screwed over by the British on several occasions, and he knew from a very young age that a direct confrontation with the British Royal Navy would surely lead to defeat.

Napoleon decided that it was time for a new tactic, so he devised the continental system.

This was a large scale economic attack on the British.

Basically, allies of France, and even those that were neutral in the British -French conflict, were not to trade with the British.

In 1807, Napoleon dealt a severe blow to the Russians at Friedland Prussia.

It was so bad that the Russian monarch Alexander I was forced to sign a peace agreement called the Treaty of Tilsit.

In 1809, Napoleon defeated the Austrians again at the Battle of Wagram.

Once again, he increased the size of the French Empire.

Now let's discuss the downfall of Napoleon.

In case you forgot, Napoleon instituted the continental system in order to put economic pressure on the British.

The continental system forbid French allies and even neutrals from trading with the British.

In 1810, the Russians pulled out of the continental system.

This enraged Napoleon, and in the summer of 1812, he decided to invade Russia.

Many believe this decision was the beginning of the end for the Emperor.

Every time the French got to the city, it was already evacuated.

Not only that, but they would set fires across the cities to burn the resources within that city.

This tactic is known as a scorched earth policy.

The French were forced to dive deeper and deeper into the harsh, cold Russian lands, but they were not prepared for such a long campaign.

In September of 1812, the French engaged the British in the Battle of Borodino, in which both sides suffered great casualties.

Eventually, Napoleon marched on the Russian capital, Moscow, but to his dismay, the Russians had already evacuated their own city.

Napoleon waited for a whole month for the Russians to surrender, but they didn't.

He realized he didn't have the resources to withstand the deadly Russian winter, so he began to retreat from Moscow on a horrible journey.

The French had around 600 ,000 troops at the beginning of this terrible trek, but by the end of this journey, only 100 ,000 had survived.

While Napoleon was suffering defeat at the hands of the Russians, the Spanish, Portuguese, and British teamed up to drive French forces out of the Iberian Peninsula.

In 1813, in the Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of Nations, Prussian, Swedish, Austrian, and Russian forces teamed up to defeat Napoleon.

He was forced to retreat to France.

And in March 1814, this coalition of forces captured the capital of France, Paris.

In April 1814, Napoleon was forced to abdicate the throne.

The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed between Napoleon and members of Austria,

Russia, and Prussia, and it ended the war and required Napoleon to be exiled to the small island Elba.

He tried to make a small comeback a year later.

He escaped the island and returned to the mainland of France with over a thousand supporters.

He returned to Paris, and the monarch, King Louis XVIII, ran.

He began what is known as the Hundred Days Campaign.

He started off by rallying together a small army.

He planned on taking out each of his foes one by one, rather than fighting a giant coalition, as he did before.

He started off by invading Belgium in July 1815.

It just so happened that both the British and Prussians had troops stationed there.

Nonetheless, Napoleon was victorious at the Battle of Liggin.

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His success, however, did not last long.

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Two days later, at the Battle of Waterloo, the British and Prussians destroyed his army.

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Once again, Napoleon was forced to give up his power.

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This time, he was exiled to the British -controlled island, St. Helena.

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He remained there for five years, and he eventually died from health issues.

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He is encrypted in a tomb in Paris.

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Although Napoleon identified as a child of the Enlightenment, he did several things that contradicted Enlightenment value.

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He re -established slavery in Haiti, which was a French colony during his reign.

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During his time as emperor, he re -established an aristocracy and handed out titles of nobility to friends and followers.

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And perhaps the most obvious example of hypocrisy?

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He was a dictator.

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In 1799, during Napoleon's military campaign in Egypt, a French soldier discovered the Rosetta Stone.

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This artifact allowed us to discover the meaning behind many Egyptian hieroglyphics.

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No one understood the meaning of this language for close to 2 ,000 years.

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This period of time is incredibly interesting, as it's one of many revolutions that started out with the overthrow of a tyrannical, inept system of government.

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The masses agreed to overthrow a vicious, inept dictator in favor of a better system, only to end up back in a similar situation.

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That's all for this video.

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If you liked it, please consider donating to my Patreon or PayPal so I can make more.

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Thanks for watching and I'll see you later.

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Từ vựng quan trọng trong video

15 từ khó nhất trong video, kèm phiên âm và nghĩa:

Từ	Phiên âm	Nghĩa
invade động từ	/ɪnˈveɪd/	xâm lược, xâm chiếm
overthrow động từ	/ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/	lật đổ
monarch danh từ	/ˈmɑnɚk/	vua, quân chủ
mainland danh từ	/ˈmeɪnlənd/	đại lục, đất liền
nobility danh từ	/noʊˈbɪlɪti/	quí tộc
evacuate động từ	/ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/	di tản
dictator danh từ	/ˈdɪkˌteɪtəɹ/	kẻ độc tài, nhà độc tài
monarchy danh từ	/ˈmɑnɚki/	quân chủ, chế độ quân chủ
tactic danh từ	/ˈtæktɪk/	chiến thuật, thuật
exile danh từ	/ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/	lưu vong
reign danh từ	/ɹeɪ̯n/	sự trị vì
ally danh từ	/ˈæl.aɪ/	nước đồng minh
aristocracy danh từ	/ˌɛɹ.ɪˈstɑ.kɹə.si/	chế độ quý tộc
bourgeoisie danh từ	/ˌbʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑːˈziː/	giai cấp tư sản
consolidate động từ	/kənˈsɒl.ɪ.deɪt/	củng cố

Cụm động từ bạn sẽ nghe

Từ	Nghĩa
give up động từ	đầu hàng

Ngữ pháp trong video

Những cấu trúc người nói dùng nhiều nhất, kèm đúng cụm từ trong video:

Cấu trúc	Trong video
Câu bị động be + quá khứ phân từ — nhấn vào việc xảy ra, không phải người làm	was born · was declared · were forced
Mệnh đề quan hệ who / which + mệnh đề — thêm thông tin về người hoặc vật	anyone who was · Acre, which is · Haiti, which was

Phát âm cần chú ý

Người nói dùng 4 dạng rút gọn, ví dụ didn't, couldn't, I'll. Hãy nói theo dạng ngắn đúng như bạn nghe.

Âm “th”: overthrow /ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/, withstand /wɪðˈstænd/, nonetheless /ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs/, throne /θɹəʊ̯n/
Âm “sh” và “zh”: bourgeoisie /ˌbʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑːˈziː/, casualty /ˈkæʒu.əlti/, squash /skwɔʃ/, confrontation /ˌkɑn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/, vicious /ˈvɪʃəs/
Từ dài — đặt trọng âm cho đúng: nobility /noʊˈbɪlɪti/, evacuate /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/, aristocracy /ˌɛɹ.ɪˈstɑ.kɹə.si/, consolidate /kənˈsɒl.ɪ.deɪt/, hieroglyphic /ˌhaɪɹəˈɡlɪfɪk/

Những âm người Việt thường gặp khó:

Cụm phụ âm cuối — đọc đủ từng âm, đừng nuốt âm cuối: mainland /ˈmeɪnlənd/, inept /ɪˈnɛpt/, artifact /ˈɑɹtɪfækt/, befriend /bəˈfɹɛnd/, contradict /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈdɪkt/
Âm /tʃ/, /dʒ/ và /ʒ/ — tiếng Việt không có, đừng đọc thành “ch” hay “gi”: bourgeoisie /ˌbʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑːˈziː/, enrage /ɪnˈɹeɪd͡ʒ/, scorch /skɔɹt͡ʃ/, casualty /ˈkæʒu.əlti/
Âm /æ/ — mở miệng rộng hơn âm “e”: evacuate /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/, tactic /ˈtæktɪk/, ally /ˈæl.aɪ/, artifact /ˈɑɹtɪfækt/, tyrannical /təˈrænəkəl/

Cách luyện với video này

Nghe hết video một lần, chưa cần nói, và ghi lại những từ bạn chưa biết.
Bắt đầu ở tốc độ 0,75×, nói đuổi từng câu, rồi quay lại tốc độ bình thường khi đã quen.
Ghi âm giọng mình rồi so với bản gốc, chú ý các từ như invade, overthrow, monarch.

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