MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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the review of all mail by government police
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The closing of 60 of 73 newspapers in France
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The opening of government careers to people from a wider variety of backgrounds
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the banning of books that did not support the reigning political power
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Napoleonic Code made the authority of men over their families stronger, deprived women of any individual rights, and reduced the rights of illegitimate children. All male citizens were also granted equal rights under the law and the right to religious dissent, but colonial slavery was reintroduced.
Detailed explanation-2: -Domestic policy as emperor of Napoleon III. Napoleon III intended to be always ahead of public opinion so as to be able to understand the requirements of his time and to create laws and institutions accordingly. Hence, he took the greatest pains to study the public opinion and to influence it by means of propaganda.
Detailed explanation-3: -Napoleon’s government quickly became an authoritarian one-man system, but he surrounded himself with talented and skilled collaborators and experts and supported a merit-based system in the military.
Detailed explanation-4: -CONNELLY: Napoleon believed in government for the people but not by the people. He took the French back to what they probably wanted at the time, which was a friendly monarchy, a benevolent monarchy, or at least it gave the appearance of being benevolent.