Napoleon

Napoleon was a good dictator but he was all in it for himself and he wanted a feeling of more power. He knew how to fight in battle but he was a poor leader.
Napoleon brought public schools to France. Which is normally good but the only reason Napoleon brought public schools in was so he could have educated officers in his army. Napoleon did everything to further his army. Napoleon even attacked Moscow for revenge and when the Russians retreated he could not even provide basic items for his troops to live. Many of his soldiers died because he could not provide them with essential life items like food and shelter. And many more of his soldiers died in the winter because there was no shelter for warmth. This just proves that he went into battle to keep his ego up. When he was in Egypt he lost a war and did not tell his people that it was lost. To do this he didn’t care who he hurt he was focused on engaging in and focusing in wars.
Napoleon created the Napoleonic Code which caused the rights of women and children to be diminished and put on the man of the house. This was very unfair to the women and children of France because they could not do things they could normally do from before because the new law. Another one of Napoleon’s unsuccessful laws was Continental System. The Continental System was created so Napoleon could win war opposing Great Brittan. The Continental System made it so the two countries could not trade goods. This did not only make Great Brittan suffer but also made France and countries under France’s influence suffer too. He also made everyone pay more taxes so he could get more money. Napoleon also took the Directory over illegally; this shows that he had a great desire to have more power. When Napoleon was getting crowned he didn’t let the pope crown him, his greed led him to grab the crown and crown himself. Napoleon also created a bank so he could control inflation so his army would be cheaper to have.
I am glad Napoleon was ruling back then, because he was a horrible dictator.