Lewis and Clark: Heading Upstream into History

For “empire building” countries the name of the game in the 1700’s and early 1800’s was exploration and colonization. France had become one of the most active at both. Napoleon was waltzing through his continent collecting European Thrones like they were modern day baseball cards.

History tells us, in his 20 years of leading French troops, he had fought in 60 major battles, losing only 8. He was considered a tactical genius.

Napoleon’s goal of supremacy was going well, but expensive. His efforts to gain more and more territory was a classic example of, “biting off more than he could chew.”