After Napoleon's defeat at waterloo and his second abdication. He was hoping to be exiled in england or america. What if his wish came ture and was exiled to america? What do you think he would do? I hope I covered most of the likely scenarios here but let me know if I missed anything.
Napoleon in America
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You would, but I can't blame you. I do believe that a Bonaparte did immigrate to here and became a politician. I doubt he (Napoleon) would have caused anymore trouble though.
Zarn
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I wouldn't want the US to be French (maybe a little closer to French culture), but I'd love to see Canada under French rule.
De Lorimier
North American Scum
That's funny, I own an old "You are the Hero" kind of book where you are Napoleon. At the end, if you lose in Europe you have the option of going to the USA. 
Maybe Napoleon would have become a politician or worked for the US army... Who knows? There's so many "what if?" like this. I think he would at least tried later on to go back in Europe.
Maybe Napoleon would have become a politician or worked for the US army... Who knows? There's so many "what if?" like this. I think he would at least tried later on to go back in Europe.
this thread is simply to away from possible history that i dont know.......waht if hitler was chinese? what if cortez was russian?
mmmmh...........probably he would join the army and fight native americans, why invade canada when ur own country is not even fully explored!?
mmmmh...........probably he would join the army and fight native americans, why invade canada when ur own country is not even fully explored!?
Hamlet
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Wouldn't the fact that he only had 6 years to live sort of negate any real possibility of him making an impact?
Where is the 'Not one shread of difference to history' option?
Where is the 'Not one shread of difference to history' option?
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I think that was his big brother Joseph, King of Spain. He changed his name to Bouchard and escaped to New York. I don't think he became a politican though.
Yes, his brother Joseph escaped after Waterloo and bought an extensive estate in Bordentown, NJ. There are local rumors of secret tunnels beneath the estate for both wine storage and escape should French royalist or British agents ever catch up with him. He didn't really do much after coming here, just lived as a retired country gentleman.
I suspect Napoleon would have done much the same. Several military historians have pointed out that he was getting rusty in military affairs, being slower to act in his last few battles and showing none of the bravado and dynamism that repeatedly won him battles against great odds in his earlier years. I think he was done with adventures after Waterloo, and I could picture him retiring to a grand estate like his brother, writing his memoirs, receiving official visitors and dignitaries, and occaionally embarking on speaking tours in the U.S. where some held him in high esteem. He might have died of old age on his estate and been buried quietly in a private cemetary, only to be re-buried in Paris with great pomp and honors when his less competent nephew, Napoleon III, came to power.
I think that was his big brother Joseph, King of Spain. He changed his name to Bouchard and escaped to New York. I don't think he became a politican though.
Yes, his brother Joseph escaped after Waterloo and bought an extensive estate in Bordentown, NJ. There are local rumors of secret tunnels beneath the estate for both wine storage and escape should French royalist or British agents ever catch up with him. He didn't really do much after coming here, just lived as a retired country gentleman.
I suspect Napoleon would have done much the same. Several military historians have pointed out that he was getting rusty in military affairs, being slower to act in his last few battles and showing none of the bravado and dynamism that repeatedly won him battles against great odds in his earlier years. I think he was done with adventures after Waterloo, and I could picture him retiring to a grand estate like his brother, writing his memoirs, receiving official visitors and dignitaries, and occaionally embarking on speaking tours in the U.S. where some held him in high esteem. He might have died of old age on his estate and been buried quietly in a private cemetary, only to be re-buried in Paris with great pomp and honors when his less competent nephew, Napoleon III, came to power.
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You're right, Hades. I think it was his son. I'll post his name after I check Encarta. (After I find Encarta. 
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Jerome Bonaparte spent some years in USA, started a family and abandoned them to go back to France. One of his grandsons was a USA cabinet member.
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Bonaparte had already broken the imposed exile on the island of Elbe (as far as I can remember). The British and the French restored monarchy were terrified that Napoleon would find a way to come back to France and make another bid for supremacy.
This is the reason he was eventually exiled to the remote island of St. Helene in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, where he was heavily guarded.
It also seems that Napoleon was actually poisoned with arsenic on St. Helene. One of his French companions there is thought to have ploted whith the French monarchy to get rid of the general.
Reguards.
This is the reason he was eventually exiled to the remote island of St. Helene in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, where he was heavily guarded.
It also seems that Napoleon was actually poisoned with arsenic on St. Helene. One of his French companions there is thought to have ploted whith the French monarchy to get rid of the general.
Reguards.
MrPresident
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This thread is based on the premise that the English were stupid and would have let him be exiled to America. There is no way in hell that would have happened. If you are going to post one of these 'what if...' type threads then at least base it in reality.
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I'm surprised that the Russians and British didn't just kill him out of hand. I would've.
Hamlet
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Errrmm, pardon me, but some of the options would have had a direct and lasting impact on history.
magic-monkey
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But there's no poisoned wall paper involved this time... cough
MrPresident
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For the same reason that we didn't throw Karl Marx out of the country, it is not the British thing to do.
Originally posted by Cloudyvortex
I'm surprised that the Russians and British didn't just kill him out of hand. I would've.
Killing Napoleon would create a lasting hostility between Britain and France. The English wanted to have France as their ally and they also have mutual respect of each other.
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