Dbq 11 American History

1. This document was written between the years of 1796 to 1809, during which Napoleon Bonaparte was the military commander gaining popularity. The document starts in 1796 when Napoleon was a commander of the army, he began explaining with the conditions that they were fighting in and talks about wanting a change, and the document ends in the year 1809, with Napoleon explaining his strategies to make his army look larger than what it was (SWT, 117&119).
2. This document has four different parts to it, and Napoleon Bonaparte wrote them all. This particular document starts with many diary entries wrote by Napoleon and spans from the years 1796-1809. The second part of the document was a lesson that was taught to the children in school in 1806, Napoleon controlled the press and education, and because of that the children had to memorize and recite lessons. The third part of the document was a letter written by Napoleon to the minister of police, Joseph Fouche, discussing his intentions to regulate public opinion. And, the last part was a letter written by Napoleon to his brother, Jerome, talking about his desire for enlightened rules (SWT, 117-121).
3. According to the website Finding Archives, this document would be described as “accounts that describe events, people, or ideas.” I thought it fit under
I think that Napoleon in a way demonstrated French Revolution ideals. The French Revolution ideals were for equality and rights for the people, but Napoleon took away a many of the rights that people wanted. The people of France were not allowed to gather in groups of people and discuss beliefs that did not follow Napoleons, and he re-established slavery. He also controlled everything that was published and banned some authors from writing or publishing books during his reign. To me he wanted the people to believe in this ideals rather than promote them to have their own beliefs and thoughts, and being killed for thinking differently to me is not equality or a