1. Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
-Military General, Emperor of France, came to power at the end of the French Revolution
2. What was the civil code?
-a set of rules for France aka Napoleonic Code. Reformed rules. Some specifics: abolished feudalism and created equality for MEN under the law, secular laws (separated church from state), positions in society should be based on merit not birth
3. Define Reactionary:
-opposes social reform, favours the old regime or way of doing things
4. Two examples how Napoleon was reactionary:
-no rights for women (they had won rights during the French Revolution)
-he crowned himself Emperor of France similar to an Absolute Monarch
-used censorship and propaganda to make himself and the economy seem stronger and better than reality
-nepotism
5. Two things found in the civil code that could be considered revolutionary:
-abolishing feudalism, equality
-merit based system
-unified laws and financial system
-separated state and church
