FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Question
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Napoleon reformed French society
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Ways in which King Louis XVI ruled France
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Methods Robespierre used to dictate the Reign of Terror
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Ways in which revolutionaries reformed France
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Detailed explanation-1: -Napoleon instituted several lasting reforms. He centralized the administration of the départements and created a higher education system, a tax collection system, a central bank, codes of law, and road and sewer systems.
Detailed explanation-2: -Starting in 1800 he reformed the chaotic Financial system by borrowing money to deal with short term expenses and creating a tax system that indirectly favored the elite. He also hired tax collectors to insure that the taxes made it to the Government.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why did Napoleon believe it important reform the tax code in France? One of the cheif causes of the Revolution had been the unfair tax system of the Bourbon Monarchs.
Detailed explanation-4: -The code “protected many of the gains of the French Revolution by ensuring equality of all male citizens before the law, universal male suffrage, property rights, and religious liberty”2 while “abolishing all feudal and local customs.”