Big Boy Bonaparte

Napolean Bonaparte played a huge role in changing the social, economic, and political structures of Europe. During his military campaign that lasted many years, he managed to seize much of Europe and even parts of Africa. After capturing these lands, he proceeded to change their structure at his will. These changes had a lasting effect on all of Europe’s social, economic, and political structures.

Napolean did many things for the people of Europe. When he had control of most of Europe, he decided to abolish all titles of nobility and serfdom. This essentially removed the barriers of being poor, and restricted those who were labeled as rich. The French armies also ended church privileges, which meant the people were no longer obligated to follow their rules. One of Napolean’s best decisions was to establish a meritocracy, which rewarded people based on their skills, rather than on their social class. He also allowed people to have easier access to property and education.

Napolean, alike many men, was very interested in money. But, he did many things to help Europe as a whole prosper and become wealthy. For one, he encouraged new industry and growth by building roads and canals and controlling prices. On the contrary, Napolean did steal vast amounts of money and artwork from Italy. Lastly, Bonaparte established the Bank of France. He balanced the national budget, and undertook massive public works programs.

Napolean had influenced much of the political structure in Europe. After many years of war, he redrew the map of Europe leaving only Britain out of his control. In the Americas, Bonaparte sold the Louisiana territory to the United States, which brought to life the age of American Expansion, in which hundreds of thousands of people ventured west. One of his more significant political influences was reorganizing the Egyptian government and establishing the Institute of Egypt. We have learned much of what we know about Egypt in this day and age from this institute established nearly 200 years ago.

Napolean Bonaparte was a very powerful man all throughout Europe. His influence reached out to nearly all aspects of European lifestyle of the time. He changed the way people lived by empowering them to succeed more than they previously thought possible. He established new roads and canals to allow trade and prosperity, and he politically changed the whole structure of Europe’s power forever. His work has changed the course of history of Europe for years to come.