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Education and Napoleon Bonaparte Central Historical Question:

Thomas Jefferson believed the education of the common people was needed to secure and preserve American liberty. How might Napoleons

beliefs in Education help increase his power, or lead to his demise? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Document #1 Napoleon on Education 1807 ____________________________________________________________ Of all our institutions public education is the most important. Everything ____________________________________________________________ depends on it. It is essential to shape the morals and political ideas of this ____________________________________________________________
generation. Above all we must secure unity: we must be able to cast a whole generation in the same mould.

____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Document #2 French Imperial Catechism 1806 (The pledge students gave) ____________________________________________________________ Question: What are the duties of Christians with respect to the princes ____________________________________________________________ who govern them, and what in particular are our duties towards Napoleon I, ____________________________________________________________ our Emperor? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Answer: Christians owe to the princes who govern them, and we in ____________________________________________________________ particular owe to Napoleon I, our emperor, love, respect, obedience, fidelity, military service, and the taxes levied for the preservation and defense of the empire and of his throne. We also owe him fervent prayers ? for his safety and for the spiritual and temporal prosperity of the state.
Christians owe to the princes who govern them, and we in particular owe to Napoleon I, our emperor, love, respect, obedience, fidelity, military service, and the taxes levied for the preservation and defense of the empire and of his throne. We also owe him fervent prayers for his safety and for the spiritual and temporal prosperity of the state.
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Document #3 Napoleons speech to his troops April 26, 1796


Soldiers, respect the people you liberate. If you dont, you will be a curse to the people, not their liberator. Honor the French people. The French army comes to break peoples chains; the French are the friend of all peoples. Their property, their religion, and their customs will be respected. We are waging war as generous enemies, and we wish only to crush the tyrants who enslave you.

Document #4 Napoleons letter to Joseph Fouch, minister of police


Tell them that the Revolution is over. There is now only one party in France. The newspapers shall never say anything against me; while they may publish a few little poisonous articles, one fine day somebody will shut their mouths. Document #5 Napoleon letter to Jrme Napolon, King of Westphalia 1807 I enclose the Constitution for your Kingdom. You must observe it. I am concerned for the happiness of your subjects. It affects your reputation, my own, and influences the whole European situation. The benefits of the Code Napoleon, public trial, and the introduction of juries, will be the leading features of your government. I know how to manage Europe. Rule constitutionally.

Document #6 Memoirs of Madame de Remusat, early 1800s.


I understand how men worn out by the turmoil and death associated with the Revolution would look for safety and liberty under a strong ruler. They believed that Bonaparte, whether as consul or emperor, would exert his authority and save us from anarchy. The belief, or rather the error, that only despotism could maintain order in France was very widespread. Had the new emperor granted a liberal constitution, the peace of nations and of kings might really have been forever secured.
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