WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What ideas were spread by Napoleon’s troops during the Napoleonic Wars?
A
Absolutism & Enlightenment
B
Revolution & Trade
C
Enlightenment & Revolution
D
Divine Right & Absolutism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Additionally, Napoleon empowered the Enlightenment ideals by promoting beliefs such as equality before the law, religious freedom, and abolition of feudalism. In order to build off the ideals of the Enlightenment, Napoleon created the Napoleonic Code which reflected Napoleon’s interpretation of the French Revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleon spread enlightenment ideas that benefited the people in France. He created the Napoleonic code, which was basically the first written document of laws. That meant that the judge could not change anything, but the laws applied to all citizens equally and protected their rights.

Detailed explanation-3: -How does this proclamation relate to the ideals of the Enlightenment? It promotes freedom and equality, including the protection of private property. In which ways did Napoleon bring reform to France?

Detailed explanation-4: -Emperor Napoleon I had created a new kind of hybrid state in which certain revolutionary ideas (equality under the law, careers open to merit rather than birth, the abolition of the remains of feudalism) were combined with an authoritarian state structure and a new nobility open to those who served the state well.

Detailed explanation-5: -As First Consul, Napoleon instituted a number of lasting reforms: centralised administration of government, a higher education system, a central bank, law codes and a road and sewer system, many of which are still in place today.

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