The French Revolution: The Reign Of Napoleon

The French Revolution is an era in which France underwent dramatic social and political change between 1789 and 1799. The Revolution carried into the Reign of Napoleon through 1815 where he expanded the land of the French Empire. The goals of the French Revolution, which included securing Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity for all were successful by 1815 as France was in a better condition after than it had been before the uprising. The increase of liberty, equality, and fraternity was obtained during the French Revolution as the people of France were united through declarations, the end of feudalism led to many more opportunities, and the society of France was improved with its amendments. Even though the country of France had been under feudalism, or divided into three estates, they were able to unify together and make peace within their nation. The formation of the National Assembly was made up of the entire third estate on June 17, 1789 and is an example of the idea of fraternity. Although the National Assembly was against the other two estates, it was the largest

Napoleon was able to terminate feudalism and end the monarchy, creating everyone the same in power within the new civilization. Everyone was required to pay taxes instead of it only applying to the third estate. One’s title of royalty also had to be earned instead of being admitted to by birth. Bonaparte set up the Concordat of 1801 allowing religious freedom and developed the Civil Code which guaranteed all freedom to speech, press, and religion. Additionally, nationalism was a major component to the French people during the time of Napoleon as France was all integrated as one. All of the modifications made in France through Napoleon was significant as it reformed for the greater good and is important to the current foundation of modern