Speaking of Corsica, we all know that this is Napoleon's hometown, is the territory of France, Corsica in 1768, equivalent to the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, became a french province for 250 years, but the French have not yet got the Corsicans, got the Corsican people, but failed to get the heart of Corsican. I was wondering if Corsica were to become independent, would I ask Napoleon or the French? Or is it the pride of the French?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="46" >1, Corsica's way to France:</h1>
According to Western research, Corsica was inhabited by humans as early as 3000 BC, and in the 2000 years before it was incorporated into France, Corsica experienced Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, N rotations, and finally was ruled by Genoese.
However, the Corsicans were very unimpressed by Genoa's rule, especially the Genoese administration was very corrupt, which kept the Genoese rebellion going on. In 1729, due to the poor harvest of grain in Corsican agriculture, the Genoese still levied taxes according to the taxes of previous years, which was to force the Corsicans to die. The Corsicans revolted again, and the Corsicans, who had not received formal military training, were naturally inferior to the regular army of Genoa and were gradually defeated, but if you look at the terrain, you can see that Corsica is mountainous, and such terrain is the best area for guerrilla warfare, leaving only the coastal fortress area occupied by the Genoese.
In order to fight for freedom and resist the oppression of Genoa, the Corsicans declared their independence in January 1735 and became the Republic of Corsica, an independent state. Although the Corsicans could not conquer the coastal fortresses of Genoa, the Genoese army could not enter the inland areas and had to retreat inside the fortresses. After 26 years of confrontation, in 1755, under the leadership of the Corsican national hero Pauli, the genoese army was finally driven out, true independence was achieved, and democracy was established. It can be seen that the Republic of Corsica predates the independence of the United States more than 20 years ago and is proud of the Corsicans.
The great thinker Rousseau once said:
"I have a little hunch that one day this small island will shock the whole of Europe."
Corsicans have experienced 14 years of great times of independence.
From 1756 to 1763, the "Seven Years' War" between Britain and France, France's defeat in the war, and the humiliation of the "Treaty of Paris" caused France to lose French India and North American colonies, and France's prestige greatly declined.
The French say, don't I want face?
Having lost face, it was natural to find something back and maintain its "great power majesty", France looked at the map and felt that Africa should be explored, and Corsica, as an important island in the Mediterranean, was favored by the French.
At this time, Corsica was still a territory of Genoa in the legal sense, and for the Republic of Corsica, it was not recognized by Europe. And Genoa, seeing that he was powerless to restore his rule in Corsica, might as well take advantage of corsica's nominal belonging to himself.
Genoa went to France and offered to sell Corsica to France, and the French listened, which was good, and wanted to "open up the territory" and came.
France and Genoa hit it off, and in 1768 the two sides signed the Treaty of Versailles, corsica was sold to France by Genoa, France paid the money, and then announced to the international that Corsica had belonged to itself. Is there still human rights to speak of?
France is not comparable to an Italian regional country like Genoa, and who will fight with the French army? Absolutely no country can defeat the French before they surrender.
The French army took the sovereignty of Corsica and naturally wanted to exercise its power, classifying Corsica as a province of its own, sending an invincible French army to Corsica, the Corsicans were defeated by the French army, and the head of state of the Republic of Corsica, Pauli, was forced to flee overseas.
Corsica was officially incorporated into the French map.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="92" >2, a Corsican who shocked the whole of Europe:</h1>
In 1768, a year before the incorporation of France, Corsica gave birth to a small baby boy who, as Rousseau had predicted, would shock the whole of Europe, and he was Napoleon Bonaparte.
Originally Napoleon was an absolute independentist, bent on Corsican independence, but when he became Emperor of France, he declared Corsica an integral part of France.
Napoleon's father was a Corsican independent, but after many failures he gave up, chose to cooperate with France, received the benefits of the French Bourbon Dynasty, received the title of nobility, and was appointed by France as a representative of Corsica in 1778. His father's political background allowed Napoleon to enter the French military academy, entering the French Military Academy at the age of 10, and later being sent to the French Officers' School in Paris to specialize in artillery.
In 1789, the French Revolution broke out, Napoleon even returned to Corsica, hoping to fight for corsica's independence, as early as when he was in school in France, he wrote to his father, believing that his father should not betray Corsica's independent cause, and always insisted on the belief in Corsican independence, but this was opposed by everyone. After all, with this little egg of Corsica, to touch this iron knot in France, there is no doubt that you will die.
In 1804, Napoleon ascended the throne and became "Emperor of the French". The first thing he did was to declare that Corsica was an integral part of France. Because this involves its own legitimacy, if Corsica does not belong to France, how can it be the emperor of the French?
Just as Rousseau predicted, Napoleon led the French to rule most of Europe, and Napoleon reached the peak of his life, this "Corsican monster" shocked the whole of Europe.
With the failure of the expedition to Tsarist Russia, Napoleon suffered defeats in Leipzig and Waterloo, and the Napoleonic Empire fell into disintegration. But this corsican short man became the pride of all the people in France.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="93" >3, Corsica, independent and endless:</h1>
After World War II, a large number of French overseas colonies declared independence, especially in 1962, Algeria in Africa declared independence, so that the French diaspora in Algeria had to return to France, the French government took the opportunity to arrange 17,000 people in Corsica, after all, Corsica has only a hundred thousand people, the population is too small. In this way, in the eyes of the Corsicans, it was the French who robbed them of their land, jobs, and shocked corsican social life. Since then, Corsica has been one of the permanent residences of African immigrants to France, because Corsican is not economically developed and the level of consumption is relatively low.
All this exacerbated the antipathy of the Corsicans. However, many people in France also look down on Corsica because they are not at all like authentic French.
Since the 1960s, with the rise of independence movements around the world, Corsican independence has also re-emerged, but it has not been able to achieve much success, and in 2003, corsican independence leaders were also indicted by France for homicide.
There is a poll showing that 80% of Corsicans are not in favor of independence, why?
Because Corsica's resources are too scarce, industry and agriculture are relatively backward, and per capita income ranks at the bottom in France, which makes Corsican's infrastructure construction relatively backward, and the fiscal revenue is even more insufficient, relying heavily on French subsidies. This made some French people also very unhappy, thinking that it was better to throw away this burden. But naturally the great powers would not do this, even the New Caliban France in the Pacific Ocean was unwilling to give up, and how could France, which was close at hand, give up on corsica. In order to maintain France's overseas territories, a large amount of financial subsidies were given every year, so that those areas that originally wanted independence were bought by the French, hoping to maintain relations with France.
However, the French also gradually granted greater autonomy to Corsica, satisfying some people's dissatisfaction.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="94" >4, why can't Corsica be assimilated for 250 years? </h1>
Corsicans have lived in Corsica for more than 2,000 years, witnessing the destruction of one empire after another, although There are only one or two hundred thousand people in Corsica, but like the Jews, they have always maintained their national identity, and their cultural heritage is even longer than France.
Now France is forcibly promoting the teaching of French in Corsica, but this has been successful in many regimes in history, and the Corsican language has been flourishing for a long time, which is the most fundamental reason for the failure of France to assimilate.
Second, the level of economic development in Corsica is far lower than that of the French mainland, although this is related to Corsican's own conditions, but Corsicans can not care about these, that is, you French government has not done a good job. You French colonial diaspora have seized our land and jobs, and we want to oppose it, and we want to develop independently.
However, in today's situation, a large number of Corsicans have been bribed, and it is difficult to become independent.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="95" >5, joined Corsica for independence, which country is Napoleon counted? </h1>
Napoleon was the hero and pride of the French, but not the pride of the Corsicans, when Napoleon said that his father betrayed Corsica, he could not forgive him, but he became the Emperor of France and betrayed Corsica. Therefore, the Corsicans did not have a high opinion of Napoleon, and for the Corsicans, Napoleon was also a "traitor".
So what if Corsica was independent napoleon was French? No, he was born in Corsica and pursued Corsican independence.
Corsican? The Corsicans said: No, he betrayed Corsica, was the emperor of the French, was the French.
Italian? Genoa is now part of Italy, so Napoleon is Italian?
What do you think?