Napoleon Bonaparte was a military general who became the first emperor of France. Napoleon was out to build an empire, with force, the people of france were first going along with it until the deaths began. After he moved into Tuileries Palace in 1800 he immediately began to established calm and order after years of terror and uncertainty of the revolution. He crowned himself emperor on December 2nd, 1804, he began a series of projects to make Paris into an imperial capital to rival ancient Rome. Public order was Napoleon’s first priority he had police in every neighborhood, the police did not have any uniforms they did not establish …show more content…
Militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers, the third plane flew into the pentagon and the fourth crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed during 9/11 terrorist attacks. At 7 p.m.
President George W. Bush, who was in Florida at the time of the attacks and had spent the day being shuttled around the country because of security concerns, returned to the White House. At 9 p.m., he delivered a televised address from the Oval Office, declaring, “Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American …show more content…
Napoleon Bonaparte re-instilled French pride in their country and in their government. He additionally represented stability of the previous many years which had been quite bloody for both the masses and the Royals/Nobility. Then, Napoleon ultimately proclaimed himself Emperor -- this did not go down well with those who savored Democracy as it smacked of a new Monarchy. Napoleon was not of a Royal bloodline and so his power had to be achieved over the early years by his wit. He later expanded his power by becoming a dictator, simply becoming “…a law unto himself.” Ultimately, he became power drunk and un-inclined to take the advice of his staff, which led to his downfall in Russia, then later at Waterloo in Belgium.
On September 10th, 2001, the newly-elected Republican George W. Bush was fast becoming an unpopular president. The Republicans had won the Presidency chiefly for two reasons:
1. The laundry list of President Bill Clinton's Scandals had worn the American people out. He had allowed the Military and National Security to become very lax, although this was not an issue at the time but instantly became very significant on