Napoleon
There are never ending inquiries on the nature of Napoleonic power. But reason can prove to one that the Age of Napoleon was infact a time of democratic rule. Through Political, Social, and Economical reforms, Napoleon Bonaparte did not only transcend France, but he changed the course of history for Europe and the World today.To begin, Napoleon proved himself a democratic leader thorough many Political reforms. In 1798-99, Napoleon, with the directory's blessing, he launched his Egyptian Expedition. It was a military disaster, but Napoleon came to France a hero and saved France from the second coalition. In 1799, he staged his "Coup D'etat," and setting up the Consulate, government body representing a country in another host country, with himself as First Consul. At first this does not seem just, but Napoleon then submitted his new constitution to a Plebiscite, a vote of the people, and it was approved by a vast majo
To the question " dictatorship or democracy ? ", is superimposed the unavoidable conflict between a conservative tendency and a social trend. Is Bonapartism right-winged or left-winged ? A part of Bonapartism relies on the gentry and the Church, another part seeks to be popular and anticlerical. The Political, Social, and Economical reforms clearly point to a democratic age of being. These ambiguities have helped Louis-Napoleon in his conquest for power in 1848, and are at the origins of the fall of the Second Empire in 1870. Next, Napoleon helped show the Age of Napoleon as democratic through many Economic reforms. To begin, Napoleon reformed the tax structure. This exempt no person or persons from paying their taxes because of birth or privilege. Amazingly, people willingly, began to pay their taxes. Napoleon also authorized a central banking system. Because of the new reforms, French industries flourished under the protect
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