Napoleon Bonaparte Thesis

Napoleon Bonaparte
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? He was a french military leader who conquered most of Europe in the early 19th century(napoleon). Bonaparte was born on August 15,1789 on the island of Corsica. He specialized in artillery while in the military and quickly rose in the ranks during the French Revolution. He advocated the enlightenment and was associated with the jacobins. He also inspired a divided country ,during the Directory period, into a unified nation but at the price of individual liberty. (mercado). He . was the second of eight surviving children born to Carlo Buonaparte,a lawyer and Ramolino Buonaparte.His parents last name is spelled differently because he later adopted a french spelling of his name (napoleon).
Napoleon denied being such a conqueror. He argued that he was building a federation of free peoples in a Europe united under a liberal government. But if this was his goal, he intended to achieve it by taking power in his own hands. However, in the states he created, Napoleon granted constitutions, introduced law codes, abolished feudalism, created efficient governments and fostered education, science, literature and the arts (napoleon). Although the country had a national religion, he introduced the Napoleonic code, which allowed for religious freedom in his country.The code also stated that it was illegal to give privileges based on birth and only the most qualified citizens would be able to work for the government which ruled out a lot of people. In addition he was also able to win significant victories over Austria and led efforts to weaken Great Britain's interests in the Middle East. These exploits against France's main enemies made him very popular with the military and the French
He is considered a democrat in the sense that he helped the lower classes to equal rights/ He reorganised the Legal structure, after it was finished France's legal structure was progressive in which Napoleon gave to other parts of his empire. It's still used today in France and other countries even Lousiana. He also helped the Jews in Europe by making Jews full citizens in France when they had been discriminated against previously. In addition, Napoleon helped reform the education system in his era by creating an elite set of schools for the Middle class called lycées, improved education for girls and helped with teacher training. On the other hand he is also considered a dictator because he was extremely authoritative and ruled with an “iron hand”(history). He seized power after the collapse of the French Revolution, at first as part of the Directory, but then becoming sole ruler himself. He believed in a very strong centralised government, organised the educational system and bureaucracy of France so that they would bolster his own power, reintroduced censorship and imprisonment without trial, and ruled mainly by Imperial Decree. Regardless, many people did still follow him willingly. He was a very strong ruler, and France was organised and stable under his