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05 NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Napoleon's Reforms
repressive regime
supporters of the Bourbon dynasty
Jacobins and Republicans
persecuted all opposition
French Civil Code
equality of all citizens before the law and prohibited torture
separated aspects of civil life
subsequent legal codes
Public Administration
Court of Accounts
oversee public finances
drawing up a budget
Boosted the economy
Central Bank of France
centralise the minting of money
As emperor
Chambers of Commerce
help commercial exchanges
revolutionary achievements
abolition of slavery
separation of powers
Modern educational models
creating schools
reforming the university
Authoritarian government
executive and legislative powers
Features of the Napoleonic Regime
hereditary power
Napoleon accumulated government powers
several reasons
consolidation of his power
internal stability
his successes abroad
Modern French State
Napoleon’s Empire
reform of the inherited political framework
revolutionary triumphs
return to the monarchical order
Emperor of the French (1804)
asked by the Senate
new type of emperor
legitimacy from French Revolution
European liberals
tyranny
The Rise and Fall of Napoleon's Empire
New world order
concepts of Louis XIV
France enjoyed hegemonic power
European empire
need to extend revolutionary principles
Expansive nature
defending the Republic
success and fame
against whom attacked France
young military man
Continental blockade
British ship could dock in European ports
British economy suffered
couldn't invade Great Britain
The Napoleonic Wars
Second phase (1812–1815)
interminable war in Spain
Napoleon’s defeat and exile (1814)
1815
British defeated Napoleon
Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon tried to conquer Russia (1812)
heavily defeated
First phase (1804–1812)
invaded Spain
ruled by his brother
British won Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
control of Italy and Central Europe
dissolution of Holy Roman Empire (1806)
