What if napoleon escaped to america

Charming and refined, Joseph purportedly got along well with the local townspeople, who helped save his valuables when a fire rushed through the estate in At the same time, he hosted a steady stream of Napoleonic exiles and dignitaries, such as Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette and future First Lady Louisa Adams. Some evidence suggests Joseph may have even declined an offer to sit on the throne of Mexico, which was then seeking independence from Spain.

Various nephews came as well. He twice went back to Point Breeze but left for good in His genes, however, lived on in the United States.

With his wife overseas, Joseph acquired an American mistress, Annette Savage, who bore him two daughters. The first died young in a tragic garden accident. Lucien Bonaparte.

After Waterloo, Lucien tried again to reach the United States, but the European powers refused to grant him the necessary passports. Lucien ended up living out his days in present-day Italy. Although he never made it to America, at least two of his children did. Considered one of the premier ornithologists of the 19th century, Charles-Lucien published a four-volume work on American birds and befriended John James Audubon , a fellow American of French descent.

Pierre would later shoot a journalist to death in Paris. Another failed coup attempt followed in It just shows you how potent the [Bonaparte] name is. After all, at that period the US had given the UK a run for their money back in and Canada was a much desired trophy.

So a Napoleon inspired war might not be out of the question, given the charismatic personality of the "petit caporale". Razgovory Knower of Things 70 Badges. Jul 29, 14 Visit site. Well he might just live in the United State as some sort of celebrity until he could get back to France. Maladict Captain 45 Badges. Nov 5, 0. He would definately have tried to unite the French in North America, so perhaps he'd have become Emperor of Louisana or Emperor of Quebec?

He would have required some sort of army. I mean did the Quebecois or the people in louisiana have their own troops or National Guard or something. Could he simply persuade these states or regions to take up arms? Or would he have to find some way to arm them? What was the feeling in these regions?

I think it more likely that Napoleon live in the US as a guest and maybe act as a consultant for the government and army and keeping himself occupied while waiting for the right moment to make his comeback into French politics. Faeelin Field Marshal 75 Badges. Dec 15, 7. Dumouriez said:. Jan 5, 6. He would have whored and dined his way through the social circles of New Orleans for awhile. After that? He'd probably attempt to rouse the United States into taking action in the Caribbean and Central America against the Spanish or the Brits or he'd have joined up with the revolutionaries in Mexico or elsewhere in the Spanish dominions.

Jove Follower of Christ 4 Badges. Jun 9, 1. Oct 2, 1. In my opinion if he had really tried to flee to America he would have succeeded. But what future was in that? Exactly the one related here, to bore to death somewhere, probably in New Orleans, or try his hand at some crazy enterprise like Murat did. Better to be captured, and bore to death somewhere equally but be a legend.

Arilou Irken Tallest Badges. Aug 24, 8. Didn't his brother escape and live off property affairs for a while? He'd probably live out as something of a celebrity, keeping his eyes on France always.

Not sure what else he would do. Maybe conquer Mexico for the United States? But that was just the military side of him: there was also the political and administrative side of him, which had introduced sweeping reforms across France, transforming its various structures, from administration to law, from education to finance.

And, having done that, Napoleon was looking to create a unified Europe, which would have been a fore-runner of today's European Union - years before its time. So it's a bit difficult to think of a man like that sitting in a mansion in New Jersey spending the rest of his life in the innocuous pursuit of science ha ha.

And certainly not when he was accompanied by a band of his close French aides, and backed by the one of the wealthiest, most influential men in the US, his French-born admirer, Stephen Girard.

History suggests that sooner, rather than later, his restlessness would have drawn him west towards Texas, and the conflict that was simmering there with the Spanish - with all the opportunities it would have offered to a man with Napoleon's energies and leadership qualities not to mention his military genius. From there Napoleon would most likely be drawn south into Mexico, which - having recently won its independence from Spain - was in chaos.

In other words, the perfect opportunity for Napoleon's genius for administration and reform, backed by the hint of military muscle. And that would have taken him all the way down south to Panama. But would that be sufficient for a man of Napoleon's great talents, and even greater ambitions?

After all, we're talking of the man who had envisioned the creation of a grand unified Europe, all the way from Lisbon to St Petersburg. For at that time, right across the Isthmus of Panama, a war of independence was raging against the Spanish rulers, led by the famous revolutionary, Simon Bolivar - who just happened to have been a great admirer of Napoleon. Bolivar is remembered as a skilled general and politician - but he was an amateur compared with Napoleon, and he probably knew it.

He was often unsuccessful in his military campaigns, and when he ultimately managed to liberate five countries from the Spanish by the mid s, he found he was unable to unite them, and administer them, as he had dreamed of doing, and ended up frittering away his opportunity. So is it possible that that Bolivar would have invited Napoleon, his one-time idol, to join him in the campaign against Spain?

If so, the world could have well ended up in a situation where, by the age of 60, Napoleon would have marginalised Bolivar, and taken control of much of South America. And then, marrying his political and administrative genius with the vast natural resources of the South American continent, he might well have laid the foundation for the superstate that he had originally planned for Europe - thereby laying the foundation for one of the world's great powers of the 20th century.