FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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They spread the ideas of the Enlightenment and encouraged additional revolutions.
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They encouraged the rise of other emperors who also tried to conquer territory.
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They discouraged the spread of nationalism and promoted isolationism.
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They increased the popularity of the absolute monarchs in Europe.
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Detailed explanation-1: -While the Napoleonic Wars led to few significant border changes in the short term, the long-term impacts within Europe were immense. The formation of the Confederation of the Rhine and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire laid the groundwork for the eventual unification of Germany.
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: -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-4: -Even as it spread conflict, Napoleon’s conquests spread the new ideas and new institutions of the French Revolution throughout Europe. The countries he occupied had versions of the Napoleonic Code imposed on them, forming the legal basis for much of Continental European law today.