Napoleon Bonaparte - A slayer of the Revolution

When Napoleon was voted in to be emperor (to have absolute power) he did it at a time where he knew that all of the people of France would agree, simply because that was seen as their only choice. When Napoleon gained control of a country, he made demands for supplies and money to support his idea of a Universal Empire. This worked for Napoleon because the French thought they had a representative government. Women had no rights and were seen as inferior to men. The thought of equality did not refer to Napoleon or his family, for he became Emperor and they princes and kings. He used extreme force, took no prisoners and his soldiers raped the women and girls in the countries he was at war with. Napoleon was a driven man who was never satisfied. Napoleon gave the illusion that he governed for the people, but in reality, he governed for himself to accomplish his ambitions.

Napoleon used certain tactics while he was in power to get what he wanted, even if that meant lying to the people of France. He claimed to have kept alive the principles of the revolution but he only oppressed them. The revolution was not about the use of force, it was about the equality, liberty and fraternity of the French people. ality of all citizens before the law, but it only concerned men because the husband was given absolute authority over the family. For years we went from victory to victory, but in the end of his reign, he was destroyed by his own restless ambition to take over Europe. Napoleon was oppressing these ideas.