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Leadership In The Democratic Revolutions: Napoleon And Tone

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Evaluate the role played by Leadership in the Democratic Revolutions, discussing Napoleon and Tone. Leadership is one of the most important factors in a Democratic Revolution, without a leader the rebellions have very little power and therefore have very little chance in there being a revolution in the first place. Thus an important asset that the leader must have is power. Napoleon Bonaparte was born into a family of Italian noble ancestry and was well educated hence why he was able to be taken seriously by those already in power. Wolfe Tone on the other hand was born to Protestant parents whose father had a respectable job and Tone was “brought up in a family accustomed to such middle-class comforts as servants.” (Elliot, 1989). He was also …show more content…

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