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DBQ: Was Napoleon Bonaparte A Good Leader?

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In 1789, the French Revolution had started. The Frenchmen of the 3rd estate revolted against the King and the unfair inequality the French Laws. After the death of King Louis XVI, France fell into chaos. There have been attempts to restore order into France, however all failed. This time was called the Reign of Terror. Then Napoleon Bonaparte came and restored order. He was previously a military leader who had also fought in the French Revolution. However, he wasn’t all he was caked up to be. Napoleon was power hungry, egoistic and tried to push his beliefs over other countries’; however, even with this, Napoleon was a good ruler that, even with his manipulative ways, was able to have France support him through thick and thin.

Napoleon craved land and power. The point of the French Revolution was to gain freedom and to no longer have a monarchy. However, this was not shown after Napoleon conquered Italy. According to (Doc 7), Napoleon “considered himself entitled to strip all of his conquered Italian territories of their cultural and artistic treasures.” Napoleon is taking Italy’s way of life and more or less declaring them as Frenchmen with this conquer. He says “Rome is no longer Rome. The whole of Rome is in Paris.” Napoleon removed their right to remain Italians, which is the equivalent of removing their freedom all together. …show more content…

Napoleon Crossing the Alps, painted by Jacques Louis David (Doc 3), shows a distinct painting of Napoleon. Him and his horse takes up most of the painting with little background. Napoleon’s pose showed him upon his horse calmly pointing upwards. Some of his troops are hauling things up the slope on foot in the background and aren’t as noticeable as Napoleon in the painting. In the bottom left corner of the painting, on one the rocks, is “BONAPARTE” engraved next to two other names. Napoleon’s amount of space on the painting shows his place of power and dominance over

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Also many French citizens fought against the military draft called the levée en masse and against laws that tried to abolish Christianity in France. France was being attacked from two fronts, outside invaders and by rebels and émigrés. Desperate times require desperate measures. The timeline enforces that The Reign of Terror was justified, it successfully fought enemies from both inside and outside of France. First, the counter-revolution in Western France fell in December 1793.

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This painting shows George Washington, then a general in the American Revolutionary War, crossing the Delaware River with his troops on the night of Dec. 25, 1776. The crossing immediately advanced Washington 's surprise attack on the Hessian forces in the Battle of Trenton. Although the painting portrays a historic part of the American Revolution, it was spuriously painted by Emanuel Leutze, an artist born in Germany. Moreover, where the original was actually painted.

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Was The Reign Of Terror Justified? The French Revolution was a very problematic time period. After the execution of Louis XVI, the Reign of Terror began during the years of 1793 - 1794 which was led by French politician, Maximilien Robespierre and lasted for 18 months. This topic is controversial when the question, “Was the Reign of Terror justified?” is asked.

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On the other hand, in France, members of the Third Estate led a revolt against the monarchy in hopes that by overthrowing the monarchy, they would be granted a constitution and a new assembly would be created with delegates of the Third Estate. Although the radicals were successful and a National Assembly was created, there were still problems. The worsening economic issues had not been solved and many citizens did not gain any rights. When the Revolution took a radical turn in 1792, the French Republic was formed. Finally, in 1799, after the end of the Reign of Terror in which the monarchy and its allies were executed, the French Revolution came to an end, with Napoleon gaining power over France.

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Sarah Hussey Ms. Bell Social Studies 9B March 12, 2018 First Draft “They wanted me to be another George Washington” – Napoleon. This was a quote was said by Napoleon Bonaparte, himself. Napoleon intentionally conceded to the fact that he had betrayed the goals of the French Revolution. The values of the French Revolution were Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Liberty of the people, in other words, the freedom of the people was extremely important to the French Revolution.

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Following the Reign of Terror, France was ruled by a corrupt five-man governing body called the Directory, which was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte through a coup d’état. Napoleon, a military general, rose to power through a series of military conquests and eventually became the First Consul of the French Republic. The French people viewed Napoleon favorably, as his military and political genius would likely lead to the creation of a prosperous and united France. Moreover, they believed that he would uphold the ideas they had fought for during the French Revolution: liberty, equality, and fraternity. While Napoleon stabilized and united French society by supporting the liberty of his people and ensuring equality of opportunity in education

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Taking advantage of his rising popularity, Napoleon became the ruler of France and eventually the ruler of an empire. Napoleon Bonaparte had a positive impact on France and Europe due to the military, political and economic stability he restored to France, the laws he put in place, the reforms he introduced to the European countries he conquered and his improvement of the education system. After a time of uncertainty in France brought about by the French Revolution, Napoleon restored the stability of France through the military. France had experienced a time of military failure during the 1790’s when other European nations declared war on France. Napoleon emerged in this time as a skilled soldier and tactician.

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Napoleon made an incredibly successful military career: in less than a year and a half he got the title from captain to brigadier general. Two years later, he became the star of a new military - one of the best generals of the republic. He returned to Paris from foreign trips when the power crisis in France reached it’s peak, and there was a threat of invasion by Austrian troops. Based on the true army, he disbanded the government and proclaimed regime consulate appointed himself the chief and all-powerful consul. "

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Napoleon did many things for France. Including bring the churches back and letting people practice their own religion again. Which most people did not do back then because if someone supported their religion more than the leader then the leader would not have complete control over them. They can not do anything to them cause the worst thing that could happen is that they die and go to heaven. Also he he opened up schools in France that was free for the boys even if they was poor, even if it was not for the girls to attend to, but that was common back then.

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The only woman depicted in the painting is liberty. Her breasts are shown and her large body frame is wrapped in a pale yellow dress. Her right hand holds the French flag high while her left hand holds a musket at her side. She stands barefoot amongst the crowd of fighting men and several dead bodies lie at her feet. Liberty maintains a strong position that is beckoning the men to continue fighting in the name of freedom.

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The people of France tried to resolve issues peacefully but the king cared only about his power and acted at the expense of the citizens. According to the French Revolution portion of the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, the bourgeoisie wanted to have political power and the peasants did not want the feudal system to continue (French Revolution 2). A large meeting was held to discuss and solve issues, but, “rumors of an ‘aristocratic conspiracy’ by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate led to the Great Fear of July 1789.” (French Revolution 2). With the king of France being unwilling to actually resolve any conflicts, the only choice that was left was to overthrow the government as a whole and rebuild it into being a more fair and just system.

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