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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Features of the Napoleonic regime
Napoleon accumulated many government powers
He established hereditary power
To ensure his regime would continue
Napoleon was crowned emperor of the French in 1804
His legitimacy came from the French Revolution
Napoleon's reforms
Created the French Civil Code
Ensured the equality of all citizens before the law,
Prohibited torture, and definitively separated aspects of civil life
Boosted the economy
Founded the Central Bank of France
Created a repressive regime
Laid the foundations for modern educational models
Created secondary schools and high schools
Ended some revolutionary achievements
Abolition of slavery
Separation of powers
Improved the Public Administration
By creating a Court of Accounts to oversee public finances
Established an authoritarian government
He controlled the powers
The rise and fall of Napoleon's empire
His main enemies were absolute monarchies
Austria, Prussia and Russia
Worst rival was Great Britain
All Napoleon could do was proclaim a continental blockade
No British ship could dock in European ports
Napoleonic wars
First phase
Led to control of Italy and Central Europe
Invaded Spain
Ruled by Jose I
The British fleet won the Battle of Trafalgar
Second phase
Napoleon tried to conquer Russia
Interminable war in Spain
Led to Napoleon’s defeat and exile
The British and their allies defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo