Was Napoleon Bonaparte A Tyrant Or Hero?

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Napoleon Bonaparte can be described as a Hero or Tyrant and it may even be a fair assertion to suggest he was both. Napoleon ended the French Revolution after 10 years of political and economical instability, he implemented significant civil reform, he implemented the ideals of the Revolution by advancing people from all ranks of society and he sowed the seeds of a free democratic republic to neighboring countries mired in their own outdate regimes.

These achievements were particularly significant because of who was behind achieving these accomplishments. He was not of any Royal lineage nor did he have any significant Nobility. A commoner would rise and become an Emperor, something that was probably unfathomably inconceivable, even by the …show more content…

However it also addressed many shortcomings in the French constitution that impeded the young ambitious Napoleon from aspiring for high-ranking positions that invigorated his supporters. He promoted and advanced people from all ranks of society on merit of what they could achieve and not nobility, wealth or ancestry privilege. The Bank of France was established to restore financial stability. He implemented public schools and fostered an atmosphere conducive for science.
Under the Code there would be no freedom of press, which meant that Napoleon could control the propaganda, which would spread the Napoleon and reach across bordered to people who found the Code favorable. There would be a Centralized State authority, however this ushered in the Concordat 1801, which recognized the Catholic and brought about freedom of religion in France with the use of appointed Bishops and clergy to ensure State control.
The Napoleon Code was revolutionary and aided in many of Napoleons conquests across Europe as it appealed to commoners that felt oppressed by their monarch …show more content…

However with Napoleon’s conquest across Europe, there wasn’t an army large enough to finally quash the Haitian revolution. Despite the ideals Napoleon was spreading across Europe it was apparent that those ideals did not extend to the colonies and its slaves, perhaps because of the value of these colonies that produced goods cheaply with slave labor and produced revenue critical for Napoleons ambitions. Nonetheless Napoleon sent an army of forty thousand troops to suppress the revolution in

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