THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
NAPOLEONIC WARS
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Reign of Terror
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Napoleonic Code
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Constitution
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -He established civil code in 1804 also known as the Napoleonic Code. It did away with all privileges based on birth. It established equality before the law and secured the right to property. He simplified administrative divisions, the abolished feudal system, and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues.
Detailed explanation-2: -After four years of debate and planning, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte enacts a new legal framework for France, known as the “Napoleonic Code.” The civil code gave post-revolutionary France its first coherent set of laws concerning property, colonial affairs, the family and individual rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Napoleonic Code is also called the ‘French Civil Code of 1804’ defined the concept of equality before the law and also secured the right to property. This code was generated to simplify all the laws and systematized into a single document. This Code was spread to the regions under French control.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Napoleonic code abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues. Napoleon simplified administrative divisions. The Code established the supremacy of the husband over his wife and children.
Detailed explanation-5: -Enacted on March 21, 1804, the resulting Civil Code of France marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era. The Civil Code (renamed the Code Napoleon in 1807) addressed mainly matters relating to property and families.