Napoleon Reforms Flashcards
Reforms
lyres established
1st May 1802
concordat
16th July 1801
imperial catechism
1806
New prisons
1814
letters de cachet 2.0
1810
gendarmes
1790 18,000 by 1810
prefects
7th February 1800
livret
1st December 1803
Legion of honour
19th May 1802
imperial nobility
1st March 1808
censorship of the press
17th January 1800
censors appointed to newspapers
1809
provincial papers reduced to 1 per department
1811
more than half printing presses shut down
1810
land tax
Until 1813 29% of revenue and 250million francs
indirect
25% revenue
1806-1812 400% increased
Bank of France
6th January 1800
Franc De germinal introduced
28th March 1803
700 million francs to 1000 million francs
1806 - 1813
1800 plebiscite
7th February 1800
3,011,007 yes
1562 no
hereditary principle
4th August 1802
Senate declares Napoleon of the French
18th May 1804
Coronation of Napoleon
2nd November 1804
land tax
29% of revenue
250million francs until 1813
indirect tax
25% of revenue
400% increase in indirect taxes between 1806 - 1812
What law was in the south
roman law - authoritarian
Why was the laws illiberal
women faired worse than men
lack of liberty slavery reintroduced
livret
Two functions of schools
create administrators and army officers
to unify the people
concordat terms
separation of church and state to end
Catholic church had to recognise the revolution
organic articles limited church control of bishops and increased state control of clergy
