Napoleonic+Era

Emily Liu

__Domestic Reforms__
 * Napoleonic Era**
 * Dissolution of Old Regime by establishing egalitarianism in government
 * Educational opportunity
 * Concordat of 1801 - papacy renounced claims over church property seized during the Revolution and was allowed to nominate bishops
 * Napoleonic's Civil Code - equality of all citizens before law, individual rights, and religious toleration
 * Divorce was difficult for women to obtain and the father was restored as the "man of the house"
 * Created a merit system to recruit and reward those in government
 * lowered taxes on farmers and guranteed the redistributed church lands remained in the hands of their new owners

__Napoleon's Empire__
 * Wanted to unite Europe under France's leadership
 * Composed of the French empire, the inner core of the Grand Empire, and Dependent states, and Allied state
 * In 1800, Napoleon forced Spain to cede to France the Louisiana Territory in North America.
 * Wanted to crush Britain
 * Empire collapsed in the end due to the survival of Britain and nationalism
 * Made the "Great Retreat" out of Moscow and only 40,000 men survived
 * Waterloo = Last battle with Britain and Prussian and lost

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