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Bonapartism. By: Claire Blankenship 1 st Hour. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. Called himself Napoleon III Came to power because of the fear of radicalism in a discredited republic Saw public opinion as an opportunity Tried to create order in France. Modern Progress. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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BonapartismBy: Claire Blankenship
1st Hour
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte Called himself Napoleon III Came to power because of the fear of
radicalism in a discredited republic Saw public opinion as an
opportunity Tried to create order in France
Modern Progress Different than all the other monarchs of
Europe Claimed to have the perfect plan for
government Said that parliamentary bodies
accentuated class divisions within a country and didn’t represent the people
Thought forms of government were less important than economic and social realities
Authoritarian Institutions Council of State- composed of experts
who drafted legislation and advised on technical matters
Appointive Senate Legislative Body- elected by universal
male suffrage; government’s officials always won; had no real powers
Pomp and Pageantry Set up a sumptuous court at the
Tuileries Married Eugénie, a Spanish
noblewoman Baron Haussmann- city planner for
Paris
Socialist Emperor Found support from the former Saint-
Simonians› Happy with the Crédit Mobilier- a banking
institution that sold its shares to the public and used those funds to invest in new industrial enterprises
› Also happy with Crédit Foncier- bank that lent funds to landowners for the improvement of agriculture
Expansion Brought on by the discovery of gold in
California and Australia Railway network expanded Built the Suez Canal Appearance of large corporations
› Stocks and shares became more numerous and diversified
› France became very wealthy
SOCIALISTIC INITIATIVES
Wanted to organize workers to develop uncultivated land- never accomplished
Humanitarian relief› Hospitals and asylums
established› Free medicines
distributed Large unions began to
have power again› Allowed to strike
International TradeBelgium
Britain
Napoleon III believed in freedom of international trade› Wanted to create a tariff union with Belgium› Would have been very successful› Stopped from private interests in both
countries and opposition in GBR and Germany
Agreed to a free trade treaty with GBR› Overruled opposition in the Legislative Body
for this› Set aside 40 million francs to help with
transition- not all used
The End of the Second Empire Internal problems
› Industrialists weren’t happy with the trade agreement with GBR
› Catholics weren’t happy with his intervention inItaly
External Problems› Crimean War with
Russia› Fought in Italy,
Mexico, and France (against the Prussians)