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of checks and balances that appealed to republican theory, and a Council of State the evoked memories of Louis XIV. The new constitution in fact established the rule of one man—the First Consul, Bonaparte. He was elected the First Consul, he was the first modern political figure to use the rhetoric of revolution and nationalism, to back it with military force, and to combine those elements into a mighty weapon of imperial expansion in the service of his own power and ambition. He can also illustrate his characteristic as a revolutionary by establishing an empirical government in France. As First Consul, Napoleon issued a general amnesty and employed in his own service persons from all political factions. He was ruthless and efficient in suppressing opposition, he established a highly centralized administration in which prefects directly responsible to the central government in Paris managed all departments, and he also employed secret police. All of these political reforms ...

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trait as a revolutionary individual in that he abolished the social order of the Old Regime, also the social reforms define his character as a nationalist in that these social reforms were intended first for his own glory and that of France.
Napoleon Bonaparte’s economic reforms in France also illustrate his revolutionary and nationalist traits. Napoleon Bonaparte introduced new economic policies and also kept reforms made to the economy by the French Revolution. To begin, Napoleon reformed the tax structure, this exempted no person or persons from paying their taxes because of birth or privilege. Amazingly, people willingly, began to pay their taxes. Napoleon also ...

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