Napoleon Bonaparte Impact On Western Civilization

The History Museum of Mobile has a lot of exhibits that demonstrated the impact that western civilization after 1600 has had on United States of America and the city of Mobile. One of the greatest conquers is in the city of Mobile, not physical of course. Napoleon Bonaparte death mask is kept in the History Museum. The time period of this mask can be dated back to the late eighteenth century. Napoleon “Bonaparte created something dramatically new: the French Empire with himself as emperor” (369). Napoleon was viewed as a military hero to the French people. The rise of Napoleon power only to took a few years, “within a year, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) had effectively ended the French Revolution and steered France toward an authoritarian state” (640). He would go from general to becoming First Consul within the same year.
He would later name himself First Consul for life in 1802 and within two years he would “crowned himself emperor” (641). Napoleon conquests was another form of that lead him to being one on the great emperor of his time: “By 1812, he was ruling a European empire more extensive than any since ancient Rome” (646). The impact of French victories, including the spread of French-style reforms in many countries in Europe and colonies in which is demonstrate today in French specking countries in the Americas and Caribbean. Napoleon’s Empire continue to grow but he could conquer Great Britain or Russia. Napoleon was be defeated at Waterloo and exiled to the island of St. Helena, where he would dies in