Napoleon Bonaparte

What was Napoleon's impact on the social, economic and political systems of Europe? This question has been asked after going over Napoleon, the leader of France. The question asks what was Napoleon’s impact of the systems of Europe. This question can easily be asked as “What did Napoleon do to change Europe?” In class we went over articles regarding Napoleon, and also we watched a movie about his life.

Napoleon had a very large impact on the economic, political and social systems of Europe and other conquered nations. Economically Napoleon did a lot to improve and try to boost France's income. France controlled the prices of goods and encouraged trading. By doing this other countries had to compete with this economic powerhouse  which changed the way each country had to trade and interact with other countries. Also the Bank of France was established  and the budget was balanced, and public work programs were made, which introduced the idea of work programs into Europe in a bank.. Napoleon even brought in an entirely new Social system called 'meritocracy'. This system rewarded people based on their skill rather than their social class. More of the population were also given the right to own property and education had become more accessible.

My opinion of Napoleon is that I generally liked him. I think that he is more interesting than other men of history. His ideas of helping the lower class and making life more fair by introducing meritocracy into France. The fact that social class was based more on skill was a great idea in my book. Also Napoleon seemed like we wasn’t just some war mongering villain. He had purpose for his conquering which was to make France as powerful as he could. This in fact, is why I like him. Trying to make his country the best it can be, not a personal mission to control the world.  His improvements of France as a country is just staggering and he became a truly powerful leader.

http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/c_historians.html

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