specify what you think the French revolution was trying to accomplish and then if napoleon helped or ruined that.
2007-03-26 14:23:45 · 3 answers · asked by ravenous panda 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Napoleon put an end to the destruction of the French Revolution, and defeated France's external enemies, allowing France to seal the end of the ancien regime. Napoleon was an able administrator bringing in his 'Code Napoleon'.
But Napoleon also hindered the revolution - his wars against Russia and Britain were costly = both economically and in terms of the lives of French troops, being defeated at Waterloo, the allies installed King Louis XVIII - the brother of beheaded French king Louis XVI.
Napoleon played a crucial part in the development of modern day france.
2007-03-26 23:57:38 · answer #1 · answered by Big B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Napoleon was neither a saviour nor a destroyer of the french revolution. He was mainly an officer of the french army who was obsessed with victory, he wanted to control Europe and help unify it under the french empire. By aggravating his relationship with his neighbors he actually made France weak. He was being attacked from every where, mostly by the english and russian army who swore to bring this guy down. Napoleon only took care of one thing - his agenda to take over Europe ! And by the way Napoleon was NOT born a french man, his island became french after his birth so in my humble opinion he couldn't care less about France being THE country, he simply wanted to use his military supremacy to rule the european world and find peace as an emperor - he wanted to resuscitate the great Roman empire but with him on the top. There you go...
2007-03-26 21:44:24 · answer #2 · answered by me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a really good question, and I'm tempted to answer it... but it smells like homework. Sorry dude.
2007-03-26 21:31:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋