1. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Napoleon, also Napoleon
Bonaparte ( Napoleon Bonaparte born;
15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), and later
known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was
a French military and political leader who
rose to prominence during the French
Revolution and led several successful
campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars.
2. NAPOLEON CROWNED
On May 18, 1804, Napoleon
proclaimed himself emperor, and
made Josephine Empress. His
coronation ceremony took place on
December 2, 1804, in the Cathedral
of Notre-Dame in Paris, with
incredible splendor and at
considerable expense.
3. MODERNISED FRANCE
He Modernised From By his some reforms :
feudal system
Introduced Slavery System
Transport and communication system
Introduced Uniform System of weight and measurement
4. FEUDAL SYSTEM
Napoleon extended French legislation dismantling feudal
property relations to annexed territories. Similar policies were
pursued in satellite kingdoms like Naples and Westphalia. And
even after Napoleon’s Empire fell, restored monarchs made
no attempt to undo these changes.
What is a feudal system? A feudal system
(also known as feudalism) is a type of
social and political system in which
landholders provide land to tenants in
exchange for their loyalty and service
5. SLAVERY SYSTEM
What did Napoleon do about slavery?
On his coming to power, Napoleon did not have
fixed ideas regarding slavery and the slave trade,
both abolished by the Convention in 1794. On
several occasions, he decided not to re-establish
slavery, refusing. But Napoleon’s intention was to
unify the system in the colonies, and, to be totally
clear here, effectively to reintroduce slavery, as is
shown by his instructions authorizing
representatives of the government
Finally got abolished at which 1848
6. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
He added several ways of Transport for travelling
and added communication system
7. INTRODUCED UNIFORM SYSTEM OF WEIGHT AND
MEASUREMENT
He was called a modernizer of Europe. He
introduced many laws such as the protection of
private property and a uniform system of weights
and measures provided by the decimal system.
Initially, many people believed that Napoleon was a
liberator who would bring freedom for the people.
8. THE DEFEAT
Napoleon Captured many territories so all other
nation planed together to get a fight against
napoleon the Battle :
In the 1813 Battle of Leipzig, also known as the
Battle of Nations, Napoleon's army was defeated by
a coalition that included Austrian, Prussian,
Russian and Swedish troops. Afterward, Napoleon
retreated to France, where in March 1814 coalition
forces captured Paris.
But not Defeated completely Yet ,
9. WATERLOO THE FINAL
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on 18 June 1815
between Napoleon's French Army and a coalition
led by the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher.
The decisive battle of its age, it concluded a war
that had raged for 23 years, ended French
attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed
Napoleon's imperial power forever.
