Since 1762, Spain had owned the territory of Louisiana, which included 828,000 square miles. The territory made up all or part of fifteen modern U.S. states between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. Though Napoleon Bonaparte wanted to turn New Orleans into France 's New commercial capitol, Jefferson was confident he would not be able to and persisted negotiations to purchase the land from France. In addition to making military preparations for a conflict in the Mississippi Valley, Jefferson sent James Monroe to join Robert Livingston in France to try to purchase New Orleans and West Florida for as much as $10 million. Failing that, they were to attempt to create a military alliance with England.
However since both the French and the British hoped for an increase in their land expanding west, for their “empires” one would have to get the land
Although Napoleon’s empire eventually fell in 1815, at his prime, the First French Empire was the dominant power of continental
Due to communication and the agreement between countries, the leaders knew that they had to try and gain as much power as they could so that they were able to defend not only themselves but their allies to defeat their common
While all three empires were expanded differently, and for many reasons, the French Empire is the most complex and interesting. France ended up with a large portion of land in America, which we now know reached from the Hudson Bay to the mouth of the Mississippi River down south. They stretched from the Acadia to the Rocky Mountains out west. They forced themselves out this way to hopefully find fur. They wanted fur because it was very valuable back in this time period back at home.
France was very different before Napoleon came along. Before Napoleon France was controlled by an absolute monarchy. France was also under the old regime which was a system that existed in most of Europe at that time. Also all laws were created by the Legislative assembly. Based upon historical documents and his own words Napoleon Bonaparte had a negative impact on France.
This made the latin people realize how much the higher ups had over them. Overall i would say that to me Napoleon was a neutral person in history. He was successful and he had strategy but he made many mistakes as well. Although there are similarities there also
The Europeans also may have wanted to imperialize them for geopolitical reasons. They wanted to expand their influence around the world and prevent influences from rivaling countries in Asia and Africa.
Napoleon Bonaparte has been the topic of historical debates and discussions since the end of his reign in 1815. Historians and scholars alike have analyzed his early years, his rise to power, his military conquests, his political actions during his reign, and his legacy on the modern state of France. Despite deeply negative criticisms of Napoleon’s motives, he is celebrated by many as a hero of French history. Napoleon is considered, by many, to be a “man of the Revolution” who ushered in a new era for France and paved the way for European integration. European integration is a theory based on the process of industrial, political, legal, economic, social and cultural integration of states wholly or partially in Europe, or in simpler terms, European integration is known as “a Europe without borders.”
Taking advantage of his rising popularity, Napoleon became the ruler of France and eventually the ruler of an empire. Napoleon Bonaparte had a positive impact on France and Europe due to the military, political and economic stability he restored to France, the laws he put in place, the reforms he introduced to the European countries he conquered and his improvement of the education system. After a time of uncertainty in France brought about by the French Revolution, Napoleon restored the stability of France through the military. France had experienced a time of military failure during the 1790’s when other European nations declared war on France. Napoleon emerged in this time as a skilled soldier and tactician.
In Caesars case he realized that Rome needed an economic overhaul because the nobles owned all the land, and the slaves did all the work so the people in the middle class and lower class had no jobs. Caesar made laws that would redistribute land from the nobles and give it to poor and middle class. In addition he also created the Gregorian month system and the names that he gave for the months are still the months we use today. In the case of Napoleon, he formed a the French banking system that is still used in 2015, rebuilt Paris after the French Revolution, created a fair justice system, and created stability and order in France after the revolution. They were both similar in the way they ruled, because they did many good things that helped their nations grow, and be politically stable.
Following the Reign of Terror, France was ruled by a corrupt five-man governing body called the Directory, which was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte through a coup d’état. Napoleon, a military general, rose to power through a series of military conquests and eventually became the First Consul of the French Republic. The French people viewed Napoleon favorably, as his military and political genius would likely lead to the creation of a prosperous and united France. Moreover, they believed that he would uphold the ideas they had fought for during the French Revolution: liberty, equality, and fraternity. While Napoleon stabilized and united French society by supporting the liberty of his people and ensuring equality of opportunity in education
Napoleon rooted out corruption, the downside of this France was always at war. Napoleon fought for land and France never stopped warring he wanted to take over Brittan, but it was just out of reach for him. So, he tried to invade Russia with six thousand men, Russia retreated but while burning Frances crops as they left, with this loss to Napoleon he slowly fell off his pedestal as
Napoleon's weakness caused the European-wide empire to end because of the Continental System, The Peninsular War, and the French Invasion of Russia. Napoleon's first mistake in why Napoleon's empire was weakened was his wanting to destroy Britain. This failure became known as the Continental System. His navy was destroyed at Trafalgar in 1805, after that in order to secure his empire he decided that he would have to defeat Britain.
Napoleon did many things for France. Including bring the churches back and letting people practice their own religion again. Which most people did not do back then because if someone supported their religion more than the leader then the leader would not have complete control over them. They can not do anything to them cause the worst thing that could happen is that they die and go to heaven. Also he he opened up schools in France that was free for the boys even if they was poor, even if it was not for the girls to attend to, but that was common back then.
