His major contribution for making France a better nation was that of legislator. He
carried out a deeply reform of French legal system by the enter into force of the Napoleonic Codes and was able to settle the relation between the State and the Church by means of a Concordat.
Furthermore it is worth mentioning his action in favour of the peasantry, which had been much neglected by the former revolutionary governments.
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Napoleon Bonaparte improved France in several ways such as reorganizing the educational system, and creating a national bank. He also reformed the country's legal system.
Yes, he let people build beautiful monuments like the Arc de Triomphe.
He designed the Napoleonic code on which some of the French Codes today are based on.
He built roads, introduced the metric system, created public ecucation and created Napoleanic Code of Law.
Napoleon became premier consul of France in November of 1799 (Brumaire Year VIII) and became Emperor on March 20th, 1804 when he crowned himself
No. Though they were both emperors, they were 2 different people. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821) was the first emperor of France, and Napoleon III (1808 - 1873) was his alleged nephew.
On March 31st 1814 Paris was conquered, and op April 6th Napoleon was made to renunciate the throne.
was the first President of the French Republic and the last monarch of France. He was also Napoleon I's nephew. Made president by popular vote in 1848, he undertook a coup in 1851, becoming dictator before ascending to the throne as Napoleon III on 2 December 1852, the forty-eighth anniversary of Napoleon I's coronation. He ruled as Emperor of the French until September 1870, when he was captured in the Franco-Prussian War. He holds the unusual distinction of being both the first titular president and the last monarch of France.was the first President of the French Republic and the last monarch of France. He was also Napoleon I's nephew. Made president by popular vote in 1848, he undertook a coup in 1851, becoming dictator before ascending to the throne as Napoleon III on 2 December 1852, the forty-eighth anniversary of Napoleon I's coronation. He ruled as Emperor of the French until September 1870, when he was captured in the Franco-Prussian War. He holds the unusual distinction of being both the first titular president and the last monarch of France.
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French (meaning not only France, but the French peoples throughout the world) on 2 December of 1804. He lost the title in 1814, although he briefly regained the title the following year.