1. While honoring the ideas of equality and fraternity, the revolutionary goal of liberty shrank under Napoleon.

2.  Italian Campaign ( 1796-1797)  Egyptian Campaign (1798-1799)  Constitution of the Year VIII  University of France  Bank of France  Concordat of 1801  Napoleonic Code (1804)  Legion of Honor  Proclamation of Empire (1804)  Horatio Nelson  Battle of Trafalgar (1805)  Battle of Austerlitz (1805)  Battle of Jena (1806)  Continental System (1806)  Battle of Friedland (1807)  Treaty of Tilsit (1807)  Czar Alexander I  Battle of Wagram (1809)  Invasion of Russia (1812)  Peninsular War (1808-1814)  Wars of Liberation (1813-1814)  Battle of Nations (1813)  Quadruple Alliance (1814)  Congress of Vienna (1814-1815)  Elba  Hundred Days  Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington  Battle of Waterloo (1815)  St. Helena

3.  Legal equality before law was established for men  Civil Code of 1804 (Napoleonic Code)  Women lost some rights, but it can be argued that as the revolutionary government did not extend the vote or equality to women either (although they had gained the right to seek support for their illegitimate children and lost it under Napoleon) he was continuing the pattern established in the Revolution.  Feudalism and serfdom were abolished and the ideals of the French Revolution spread in conquered countries.  Napoleon reinstated slavery in the colonies, which had been abolished by the convention.

4.  Victories and conquests by the French army stimulated French nationalism  Napoleon sought to reunify France after its revolutionary divisive years by giving new honors for service to the state, and signing the Concordat of 1801 with the pope  He welcome the émigré back and gave them roles in government  French influence spread throughout Europe in the wake of his armies

5.  Napoleon took power in a coup and later crowned himself emperor  There were no real elections, only yes/no plebiscites.  Political freedom limited in Napoleon's France with a secret police, arrest of dissenters, and censorship of the press.  Members of Napoleon’s family were put on the thrones of many conquered states rather than giving those people choice.  Economic policies guaranteed property rights and encouraged opportunity and economic development, thus promoting economic liberty.