Napoleonic Era and The Industrial Revolution

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Napoleonic Era And The Industrial Revolution
1. Napoleon destroyed much of the old order of Europe, spreading, and embedding many of the ideas of the French Revolution. How did Napoleon expand his power? How did the old powers of Europe seek to restrain the ideas of Republicanism and Bonapartism with the Concert of Europe? Napoleon expanded his power as the French leader by expanding the country’s military and expanding the area under French control. For instance, he defeated Austria, one of the country’s greatest rivals, and the two countries signed a treaty that ceded some territories to France. Napoleon also exercised absolute power, which meant that he had a direct say in the military. Napoleon annexed some territories he set up satellite kingdoms, and forced the people to adopt French-style reforms in the ruled areas (Hunt et al. 643).
The Concert of Europe established in 1815 in Vienna focused on dispute resolution among the powers of Europe to maintain the established balance of power and oppose revolutionary movements, including nationalists. The concert helped the major European powers (Britain, Prussia, Austria, and Russia) worked together after Napoleon’s defeat in 1813-1814 and helped contain France’s power. There was negotiated peace among the parties, with both the winners and losers agreeing to prevent the outbreak of another major war and conflicts (Hunt et al. 710). The agreement checked France’s power status where no European power would dominate others, and this also limited the likely rise of Russia and Prussia, besides France.
While Napoleon was able to fight Prussia, Austria, and Russia, he faced difficulties with the United Kingdom of Great Britain, which dominated the seas because of her powerful war fleet. Thus, Great Britain and France remained great adversaries during Napoleon’s reign, and when Napoleon invaded, his army was left defenseless during wint...