Napoleon Bonaparte’s Legacy

Positive Impact 1) Napoleonic Code spurred the development of bourgeois society in Europe by expanding the right to own property and breaking the back of feudalism .

1) Napoleonic Code

spurred the development of bourgeois society in Europe by expanding the right to own property and breaking the back of feudalism .

Positive Impact Centralized French government Expanded suffrage rights (though they were still limited) Greater property rights for French citizens Expanded education for many French citizens

Centralized French government

Expanded suffrage rights (though they were still limited)

Greater property rights for French citizens

Expanded education for many French citizens

Positive Impact Helped to create Germany by abolishing the Holy Roman Empire Sold the Louisiana territory to Thomas Jefferson, doubling the size of the U.S.A.

Helped to create Germany by abolishing the Holy Roman Empire

Sold the Louisiana territory to Thomas Jefferson, doubling the size of the U.S.A.

Negative Impacts Left France bankrupt, and her overseas colonies lost.

Left France bankrupt, and her overseas colonies lost.

Negative Impact Sought to suppress slave revolt in Haiti

Sought to suppress slave revolt in Haiti

Negative Impact 17 years of wars. 6 Million people dead throughout Europe

17 years of wars. 6 Million people dead throughout Europe

Negative Impact Total betrayal of the democratic ideals of the French Revolution

Total betrayal of the democratic ideals of the French Revolution

Napoleon’s Tomb It is about the size of a UPS truck

It is about the size of a UPS truck