Arguably the strongest viewpoint is that Napoleon’s regime post-1804 is more obvious and the façade Napoleon established to consolidate his power is dropped. The events of 1804 were not a pivotal turning point in the style of Napoleon’s rule but simply embodied his continued authoritarian rule over France. Throughout Napoleon’s rule he made significant and important changes in the area of Government. After the Coup d’état, Napoleon became First Consul (1800) this power was then increased when in 1802 Napoleon became Consul for life, thereby enabling him to choose his successor. This ability was a feature of hereditary rule yet it can be said that Napoleon’s appointment to Emperor in 1804 is the distinctive turning point in the establishment of his hereditary regime.
Limits on Liberty a) At first the second empire looked like a constitutional monarchy. b) Napoleon III ruled much like a dictator, with the power to appoint his cabinet, the upper house of his legislature, and many officials. c) In the 1860’s, the emperor began to ease his control. 4. Promoting Economic Growth a) Like much of Europe, France prospered at mid century.
He was elected as a Democratic-Republican, but through his term he embraced many Federalist views in order to accomplish what was best for the country. You could say Thomas Jefferson and James Madison “out-federalized the federalists” by taking Federalist ideas and using them in a way to benefit the situation in matters such as the Louisiana Purchase, The Embargo Act of 1807, and The War of 1812. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the Unites States by purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France for 15 million dollars. That meant less than three cents per acre for over 500 million acres. The purchase was beneficial because it opened up land west of the Mississippi River for settlement.
After the French Revolution completely changed the French society, people wanted a strong leader that will lead their country. Of all the powerful people that had the potential. Napoleon is chosen for being a strong military leader with strategy that enabled France to become a prosperous empire that dominated its surrounding countries. Among the rulers that once ruled France, Napoleon is a hero for making the country peaceful and successful. He surrendered his personal life to accomplish goals that will improve his country.
The Americans fought under British’s flag giving them victory towards the France. Causing France’s image to no longer become a threat upon the colonists’ as they proved that their army was able to fight. Since the war had put such a big dent on Britain’s funds, Parliament passed laws that taxed colonists. The colonies began to corporate as events such as the Proclamation of 1763 started common problems for them. Later on, the Navigation Laws of 1650, and Sugar and Stamp acts of 1764 and 1765 began to frustrate the colonists as economic problems were being faced at this point.
The column behind him is an illusion Riguad used to portray King Louis as a ruler that will being France into a new golden age, just like in Rome and Greece. King Louis not only dictated France by centralizing everything around him, but by being the one and only trendsetter of fashion. His tights, high heels, and wig set the standard of high-class fashion, and how others should aspire to look, causing a larger gap between social classes. Napoleon on the other hand is depicted as if he were in the middle of his work, yet he still gets up to greet the viewer. Instead of ruling France, Napoleon is serving France, working to expand France and an Emperor, yet still on the common person’s level.
During the Treaty of Paris in 1763, France lost Canada and all claims to the territory east of the Mississippi to Great Britain, but gained back Martinique and Guadeloupe. The British empire had had kicked the hated French out of North America, claiming territory over French Canada and all the territory east of the Mississippi River. The Americans saw this as a great opportunity to expand westward, of the Appalachian Mounts without fear of the French any more. Seeing this as in opportunity to gain more freedom from the English parental rule. Yet the British had the opposite in mind, the British were now concentrating more on their American colonies, and planned to levy more taxes to gain more revenue for all the loss during American wars and balance national debt of England.
After the French Revolution though, the republic slowly began shifting to a totalitarian regime, first under the Committee of Public Safety and then completely under Napoleon Bonaparte .The facts show that the American Revolution was more successful in establishing a stable and long-lasting republican government that started a precedent for Europe, while the French Revolution’s republic failed to last, being turned into a totalitarian regime. Events leading up to the American and French Revolutions occurred for a similar reason: unfair representation. The people in the American colonies became progressively upset with Britain and its Parliament when they refused the colonists’ representation, while still imposing many different taxes on the colonists. Upset over this tax on one of their most valued imports, the colonists dumped all the tea into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party. This showed that the colonists were willing, and able, to live without depending on the British government.
President Washington followed Hamilton’s suggestions of assumption of the national debt, creating a national bank, and the crushing of the Whiskey Rebellion. One reason that Alexander Hamilton was more influential to George Washington’s presidency than Thomas Jefferson was that he convinced Washington to have the federal government assume the national debt. Hamilton, a financial wizard, believed that debt should be kept in order to establish better credit. Jefferson, always his opponent, believed that debt should be disposed of as quickly as possible. George Washington sided with Hamilton because it made fiscal sense; the assumption of the state debts strengthened the central government and gave it the support of the wealthy, and was approved by Congress in 1790.
“American/ French Revolutions” The legendary American Revolution altered the world’s political setting significantly. It began in the 18th century and led to the freedom of the American people from British law in the late eighteenth century. The prosperity and fertility of the American land appealed to the British rulers. They wanted to exploit the riches and the thriving resources existing in the bountiful land. A seven-year conflict between the French and Indian soldiers gave Britain the victory.