1.Defended France from Britain, Ottoman Empire, Austria, and Russia

2.He established the Bank of France to organize the country’s economy

3.Strong, stable military

4.He fought 60 battles in his career but only lost a total of 7.

5.He was extremely caring about his troops because he believed that “an army that marches on its stomach” and therefore kept them well fed.

6.Instituted the Napoleonic code which forbade privileges based on birth, allowed religious tolerance, and that government positions should be qualified – this is the basis of the French Law today.

7.Napoleon increased the collection in Louvre and preserved it during the war which now is a center for French historical items.

8.Napoleon ended schism in religion and restored the Catholic Church to France by the Concordat.

9.The Napoleonic Code assured equality in law and the balance of power between the aristocracy and the poor.

10.He built schools such as the Imperial University to ensure education.

11.He had a great persona with extreme charisma. He brought courage with his confidence in his soldiers in the battlefield and was favored because he usually led them to victory. He believed that “moral force, rather than numbers, decides victory.”

12.His main goal was “to reunite all, reconcile all, have all hatreds forgotten, bring everyone together, gather together so many divergent elements and compose them anew in one whole [and] one France”