Why were people scared of Napoleon Bonaparte?

Answer 1

Because he became a dictator who got into power through a military coup. He tried to take over all of Europe, which isn't the nicest thing to do. Adolf Hitler attempted the same thing and he's not very popular either. But, despite those things "nobody" is a complete exaggeration. Lots of people in France and around the world today still admire him. In France, it is actually ILLEGAL to name a pig Napoleon. He was a great leader who's military tactics and abilities are admirable. So it's definitely not a case of nobody liked him; however, some of the things he did are very unjust.

Answer 2

Cause he was italien and ruled France and desinged the italien flag too.

He also gave all the countries he conquered to all his family and he surendured at the battle of Waterloo.

His birthday is on the 15 of August

Answer 3

Despite all his reforms, Napoleon still restricted the rights of women, French colonies, slaves, and the church.

But the biggest reason why there is a general sense of fear around Napoleon is due to his military success. Through military tactics and Propaganda, nearly every war Napoleon fought ended in a victory, even if the casualties were significant for the French. The fact is that it took Europe's most powerful nations to unite and attack SEVEN times in total to bring him down.

Think about it: at his peak of power, Napoleon won the War of the Fifth Coalition; he was challenged by five times by an alliance of Europe's major powers and came out on top (relatively speaking) on each and every one. Regardless of the actual gains and losses, this was what most people thought of Napoleon, and thus they were afraid of Napoleon's seeming invincibility.

Even the invasion of Russia, which ended in a disaster, showed how volatle and dangerous Napoleon could be-his army of 500,000+ left behind a ravaged Russia with a burnt down capital.

Answer 4

Napoleon was not unpopular unless you are referring to the establishment of the reactionary Great Powers of the absolute monarchies, at least until the failure of his Russian Campaign.

The middle classes and common people not only of France but also those of the other nations saw in Napoleon the opportunity to improve their conditions of life or to regain the independence like the Poles and achievement of some rights, though subject to be controlled by the central power of the Emperor, who influenced the said monarchies to concede, though "willy-nilly", a little bit of solace to their subjects.

Of course that doesn't regard Great Britain and the Spanish and Portuguese peoples for evident reasons.

Only after the burden of enduring wars and their aftermath of deaths and destruction became unsustainable, that the people began tochange his mind towards Napoleon.

Answer 5

Napoleon is famous because he led France in the military conquest of most of Europe. For those who opposed him, that made him infamous. For those who were French nationalists or supported him for other reasons, he was not infamous, but famous.

Answer 6

He gave them, what french people never had before, which is: Religion,Education,Victory, and many more things. He was the one that ended the French Revolution as well.

Answer 7

He wasn't hated, he was loved by all of france. them hating him ws made up by the british (no offence).