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Corsica was attempting to win independence from the Italian state of Genoa. In 1768, Genoa ceded the Corsica to France. France prepared to invade and conquer it. Many British liberals lobbied for Britain to aid Corsica, on the grounds that by doing so Britain would be upholding important British historical and philosophical principles of liberty. On 8 May, 1769, several months after this poem was written, the Corsicans were defeated by the French at the Battle of Pontenuovo.
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Corsica is ... the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte, who was born in Ajaccio, into minor Corsican nobility. Corsica was under French control at the time, and Corsican nobles were offered the ability to gain French titles if they could prove their genealogy sufficiently. In an attempt to do so, Napoleon's parents traveled to court in France, and, like many other Corsican nobles, sent their son to school there.
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Corsica may conjure up bandits. But they were bandits of honour. Corsica may invoke the idea of vendetta. But in Corsica, it was not simple revenge. It was a way of keeping the unwritten law. In Corsica today, the mores of today remain different to those of France.
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In World War II, Corsica was occupied by Italian and German troops. Late in 1943 the population revolted, and, joined by a Free French task force, drove Axis forces out. A postwar population exodus caused the French government to announce a program of economic development. In 1958 a right-wing coup, similar to that in Algeria, contributed to the return to power in France of Charles de Gaulle. Since the French took control in 1768, Corsica has seen separatist movements, with repeated incidents of violence, notably the Feb., 1998, assassination of the French prefect. Beginning in the 1990s the roles of true nationalists and of criminal gangs appeared to blur.
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Corsica is currently governed as a region of France. There are several movements on the island calling for some degree of Corsican independence from France, although some are rather in favor of autonomy rather than full independence. Generally speaking, autonomist proposals focus on the promotion of the Corsican language, more power for local governments, and some exemptions from national taxes additional to those that currently apply to Corsica.
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The proposed autonomy for Corsica would include greater protection for the Corsican language (corsu), the traditional language of the island. France traditionally has been discouraging the use of regional or minority languages.
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