Clayton - Napoleon Bonaprte

Napoleon Bonaparte

`           Napoleon was a great military and political leader.
He had many accomplishments throughout his brilliant career. Although he had some downfalls along the way, he was a brilliant military leader as well as a political leader. His actions have developed modern Europe politics. He also stopped the French revolution and in the process made France an empire.

          His accomplishments outweighed his negative actions greatly proving his worth as a great leader who has stood the test of time. He was able to win many essential battles that lead France out of the revolution. Unlike most military leaders of that time he lead some battles himself instead of commanding his army from safety. He was also a strong leader who was always in charge. This helped keep his army well disciplined which kept so a strong leader who was always in charge. This helped keep his army well disciplined which kept his army in shape and able to conquer any task which stood in their way.

          While conquering France he created the Napoleonic code which forbade privileges based on birth, gave freedom of religion and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified. He also founded the Bank of France which gave stability to France. He controlled labour and had a control on prices. This control on prices meant that bread would not be unaffordable for the common public. Napoleon was smart and knew that hunger was more of a threat to the government than desire for liberty.

While he was a brilliant leader ,he also had a thirst for power and quite a big ego now which would help lead to his downfall. While he was a brilliant leader, like most geniuses he was overcome by a weakness. For Napoleon it was his thirst for power.     

By: Clayton Stalker