Napoleon - Dictator? 1804 to 1815
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- Napoleon - Dictator? 1804 to 1815
- NO.
- structure of government
- government bodies still existed
- Senate acquired more powers in 1804, safeguarding personal liberty and freedom of the press
- government bodies still existed
- control of regions
- prefects in control came from verity of backgrounds and views
- meritocratic system
- unusual for dictator
- meritocratic system
- prefects in control came from verity of backgrounds and views
- legal system
- judges appointed for life
- reduced corruption through intimidation by government or Napoleon
- Napoleonic Code promoted liberty equality and fraternity
- equality before law
- all citizens eligible for government posts
- garnet of religious toleration
- trial by jury
- judges appointed for life
- religious policies
- religious toleration of minority groups
- unusual for dictator
- church schools remained popular, providing alternative
- religious toleration of minority groups
- Napoleon not imposing himself
- had popular support
- bourgeois - he protected their interests by introducing meritocracy
- none of bloodshed of Robespierre's dictatorship
- protected France's borders
- winning victories and glory from foreign wars
- increased employment via large army
- had popular support
- spy networks and use of police, censorship of press common in democracies of the time
- not indicative of dictatorship alone
- structure of government
- YESS!!
- structure of government
- Tribunate abolished in 1808
- Legislature only survived because of subservient attitude
- Senate and Council of State kept under Napoleons control by bribery
- use of bribery
- imperial nobility created to reward supporters and ensure continual loyalty
- gave estates, titles and money
- imperial nobility created to reward supporters and ensure continual loyalty
- control of regions
- appointed prefects and sub-prefects
- spied on potentially dangerous people, submitting reports on them
- spread propaganda
- appointed prefects and sub-prefects
- police state
- Fouche's police spied on potenital opponents and searched for deserters. made daily reports to Napoleon
- Napoleon had spy network that used senators to supply government with noteworthy info once a week
- by 1814 3,000 thrown into prison for political offences
- legal system
- close supervision of judges
- chosen by state, not elected as in Revolution
- imprisonment without trial and house arrest became common
- slavery reintroduced in French colonies
- Napoleonic Code strengthened power of father, allowing him to imprison children
- reflects increasingly authoritarian power of state
- workers needed a liver to work
- allowing police to supervise them
- close supervision of judges
- censorship and propaganda
- battle reports
- Battle of Eylau 1807 report changed draw into victory. lowered casualties, scalling by a 10th
- newspapers
- 1807 each newspaper had own censor
- only one provincial paper per department
- 73 journalists in Terror cut down to 9
- theatres
- needed licence and swear an oath to government by 1810
- publishers
- permission to bring books and swear oath to government by 1810
- battle reports
- creation of a dynasty
- divorced Josephine
- married Marie-Louise of Austria who bore him a son an heir
- dictator who wanted power not only during life but after
- structure of government
- NO.
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