Mark the statement if it describes an event in the period of time leading to napoleon's final defeat at waterloo.

a.
napoleon escapes from elba.

b.
parisians welcome napoleon back to the capital.

c.
napoleon raises an army and tries to defeat the allies.

d.
a russian army strikes the final blow at the battle of waterloo.

Correct

D. A Russian army strikes the final blow at the Battle of Waterloo.

Napoleon Bonaparte suffers a defeat at the hands of the Duke of Wellington in Waterloo, Belgium, which ends the Napoleonic era of European history. Everything happens after 1812 when Napoleon began to face the first significant defeats of his military career when he was invaded by Russia.

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”