Napoleon_Bonaparte,_The_Liberal

Napoleon Bonaparte, The Liberal Napoleon Bonaparte the Liberal To be liberal means to favor proposals for reform, be open to new ideas for progress, and be tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others. These traits best describe Napoleon’s actions throughout his great reign in France. Napoleon’s liberal actions include expansion of his land, creating new laws and codes, implemented the Legion of Honor system and all in all reforming France to make it the greatest nation of its time In the year 1796, Napoleon was promoted from second lieutenant to commander of the French army in Italy. Before he came to power, Great Britain dominated the seas and enjoyed unbridled success in overseas trade. France was still at war with Great Britain, and Bonaparte hoped to disrupt British trade routes to India and establish French domination in the exotic east. Napoleons army beat the Egyptian forces protecting Egypt and took control. While he was there, he changed the Egyptian government and their laws, getting rid of feudalism and promising basic rights to all of the Egyptian people. Not only did he make drastic reforms to their society, he also brought along with him many artists and scientists to study the Egyptian artifacts. The most well napoleon, new, france, people, made, egyptian, before, army, reforms, napoleons, laws, government, throughout, system, power, pay, liberal, introduced, ideas, great, french, created, control, code, changes, changed, word, way, very, trade, time, tax, society, sense, priests