The period of 1799-1815, otherwise known as the Napoleonic era, was one of

great change both physically and ideologically. The entire continent of

Europe and many of its colonial holdings were completely reshaped and/or

united against an impressive French presence. The Napoleonic era gave rise

to the beginning of a new form of unification: nationalism. In respect to

the Napoleonic era, the emergence of nationalism effected Europe as well as

the world in four major areas: warfare, the generation of new intellectual

thought, the arts, and the spread of nationalistic pride in Europe, Latin

Warfare was Napoleon's tool in which he obtained both his high-ranking

status as well as his empire. It was via the French military that Napoleon

increased his stature until he finally became the ultimate power of

authority. Using the war hero image to appeal to the masses is very common

in history; Napoleon uses this very strategy to rise to power in France. He

first used his military expertise to obtain the title of a hero in 1797 with

a defeat against an Austrian army. Upon returning to Paris he was hailed as

America's stability. An excellent example of an early American

slavery was evil or that it was an essential part of everyday life. A

subjected as she is to so many dominant foreigners. If the different

Napoleon was at war with the majority of Europe, a sense of the "French

in American politics. In 1787, under the Articles of Confederation, slavery

257). A good example of Napoleon's use of the media as propaganda was when

rejected the French influence of their country. (Godechot et al 260)

conscription in the French military. "Between 1793 and 1798 the new regime

the public as to what he wanted them to hear. "The number of Parisian

Europe. Between 1804 and 1812, Napoleon gained control or became allied

alienates the ruler from his people creating a feeling of inferiority.

rather than ethnicity should provide the basis for political unity"(Craig et

organization of a Polish state caused Russia to back out of its alliance

idea of and emperor of the French rather than an emperor of France is a very

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