France at the time, had many revolutions and at times Napoleon was exiled from France because of the way people took him in. They did not know what they were doing. They did not know Napoleon would go down in history as one of the best leaders of all time.
In the time of Napoleon, France controlled most of Europe. Although short in stature, his ideas were enormous. One of his ideas that started in France, was the embellishment of titles of nobility and serfdom. These titles were a sign of conservatism. Napoleon was trying to get away from this and he achieved it. Madame de Staël said " I don't believe that when Bonaparte became head of the government he had yet formulated the plan for a universal monarchy." Becoming the head of government was a huge accomplishment for such a man at the time. When he was head he ran tactics that were ahead of the time he was in. One was " do something new every three months, in order to captivate the imagination of the French people." He also went on to say that anyone who stood still lost. This changed the political systems in Europe forever.
In the article "the lost voices" the author makes a great point when she notices that Bonaparte "lacked the greatest of all props to political power-- legitimacy-- and that only success could assure the stability of his throne". This is a good point because with Bonaparte being took in and out of power, the social classes did not enjoy him. The only way they wouldn't revolt or kick him out is with constant success; and he put his money where his mouth is, so to speak. He continued to make the French empire larger and made the public have a "slightly" better impression of him.
With more land and a genius of a leader, the system that France impacted Europe the most was the economic system. To start off, Napoleon set up a system where more people could get education. Like John green said" no one wants to live in a country with stupid people" with more smarter people, they got more money. As a to help set up leverage with the extra cash flow, Napoleon set up the bank of France, and while doing that he balanced the budget. This means people could store there money safely, with no worry of robbers or crooks. To top it all off, he tried to stray from the past ways of social classes, and set up a meritocracy; where people were rewarded on there skills, not their family name.
With Napoleon's bad reputation, he created a lot of things we still have today and forever changed the way the world is. Marshal Ney calls France an "immortal region" in that they were unstoppable at the time under his reign. May his impact never be forgotten in the political, economic, and social systems of the world.
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