FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Education and the arts spread.
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Peace and prosperity spread across the European continent.
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Trade increased, and the European economy grew.
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European nations became more nationalistic.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Napoleon encouraged sculpture and urban architecture that might reflect his power and authority, as a glance at Paris will confirm. This was, after all, the era of the Invalides and the Madeleine, and of the Vendôme Column and the Arc de Triomphe, bold statements of power.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the occupation, Napoleon destroyed and disallowed many nations’ individual cultures, and the people of these nations greatly resented this. As a result, Napoleon’s conquests spurred a new nationalism in the occupied nations, particularly in Germany and Italy, at a level that had never previously existed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Napoleon created a new form of government in France, reshaped the boundaries of Europe, and influenced revolutionaries and nationalists the world over. Since his first days in power he aroused controversies that continue today.