Napoleon was born on the island of Corsica to an Italian family of aristocratic origins. He was an artillery soldier in the French army when the French revolution broke out in 1789. He quickly advanced through the ranks of the army, seized the opportunities created by the French Revolution and became a general position. senior at the age of 24. The French Board of Directors finally allowed Napoleon to lead a French army to attack Italy after he cleared up the army of rebellion in the Battle of 13 Vendémiaire against the Government. At the age of 26, he began his first military campaign against Austria and the Italian monarch supporting the Habsburgs and won almost all battles, conquering the Italian peninsula in just one year and forming Communities. Sisterhood [4] with the support of the local government, he became a war hero of France. In 1798, he led expeditions to Egypt, which became a major highlight of his later power. Napoleon led a coupin November 1799 and became the First Governor-General of the French Republic. After the 1802 Amiens peace treaty, Napoleon turned his attention to the French colonies. He sold Louisiana territory to the United States and attempted to restore slavery in the French colonies of the Caribbean. However, while he succeeded in restoring slavery in the Eastern Caribbean, Napoleon failed to try to subdue Saint-Domingue, a colony that France once proudly called the Pearl of the Antilles. independence as Haiti in 1804. Napoleon's ambitions and popular support inspired him to go further, becoming the first Emperor of France in 1804. Difficult disagreements with Britain caused France to face the Third Coalition. Napoleon smashed this alliance with victory in Operation Ulm and a historic victory with the Russian and Austrian Empire at the Battle of Austerlitz, and this led to its demise.of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1806, the Fourth Confederation led by Prussia was directed against Napoleon. Napoleon quickly defeated Prussia at the Battle of Jena and the Battle of Auerstedt, then commanded his army as the Grande Armée into Eastern Europe and defeated the Russians in June 1807 at the Battle of Friedland. France then forced the defeated Fourth Coalition countries to sign the Treaty of Tilsit in July 1807. In 1809, Austria and England challenged France again with the campaigns of the Fifth Union, but Napoleon firmly cemented his influence in Europe after winning the Battle of Wagram in July.