What lead to the French Revolution?
What were the different political parties?
The Tennis Court Oath was very important.
Where did Napoleon come in?
What were the significant things Nap did?
---lycee system(education reform)
----declaration of the rights of man---which still lives on today.
---french nationalism---what does it mean to be french
Nap wanted the french ppl to be proud to be french; he wanted unity, national pride. that's one way to to have a great army---every one speaks french french---(some spoke different dialects so the lycee system helped to teach the country the proper french language so everyone could understand each other)
---he started the merit system---where soldiers where promoted based on performance not on wealth.
---he also fought wars differently---he used the concept of total war instead of limited war...he used men, women, child, the elderly....they all contributed to the war efforts even if they weren't actually fighting...they were supporting (ie medics, clothing, food, shelter)
---he used the concept of the troops living off the land---which allowed his armies to move faster----this fails though in Russia when the townspeople burn everything and nap's armies nearly freeze and starve to death.
----he also used conscription(draft)
Nap did alot of crap.....to narrow it down for a 1500 word essay I would go with either his concept of total war versus limited war....or the declartion of the rights as man and how they are still used today.
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