Napoleon+III+of+France

Alex Grigoriev


 * How did Napoleon III gain support and restructure France into a world power again?**

Support: 1. Gained loyalty of Catholic Church 2. Creation of Second Empire 3. President of the French Republic 4. the "savior" of universalmale suffrage 5. won popular support 6. Created a Liberal Empire 7. Legalized trade unions 8. gave the right to strike 9. allowed opposition parties 10. accepted a new constitution

Restructuring: 1. elected as the President for 10 years 2. Changed his name to Napoleon III 3. Controlled the military, police, civil service \ 4. Introduced legislation 5. Expanded France's economy 6. Free trade and lowered tariffs 7. remade banks railroads and canals in Paris 8. Defeated Russia in the Crimean War with help from Britain 9. Received Nice and Savoy from Austrian-Italian expansion 10. Temporarily given Rhineland to support Prussia in the Austro-Prussian War

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