FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Question
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Abdicated his power to other countries.
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Conquered much of Europe.
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Used threats of military action to manipulate.
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Put family members in power of other countries.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Steps taken by him :i He introduced many laws such as the protection of private property. ii He introduced a uniform system of weights and measures provided by decimal system. OR i Nazis wanted to establish an exclusive racial community of pure Germans by eliminating all other races.
Detailed explanation-2: -In time, Napoleon’s battlefield successes forced the rulers of Austria, Prussia, and Russia to sign peace treaties. These successes also enabled him to build the largest European empire since that of the Romans. France’s only major enemy left unde-feated was the great naval power, Britain.
Detailed explanation-3: -Napoleon served as first consul of France from 1799 to 1804. In that time, Napoleon reformed the French educational system, developed a civil code (the Napoleonic Code), and negotiated the Concordat of 1801.
Detailed explanation-4: -Despite defeats in Egypt, Napoleon returned to a hero’s reception. Outmanoeuvring the government and supported by his army he collaborated in a coup d’état to overthrow the Directory and establish the Consulate. By 1800 Napoleon had become the First Consul of France, and was now in a position of total power.