•created a
uniform set of laws known as the Civil Code of 1804.
•In some
areas, the laws reflected Enlightenment principles.
•Equality for
all male citizens
In
education, he created a system of public schools known as lycées.
These schools were open not just to the upper classes but to the children of
all citizens. Graduates of the lycées were considered qualified for
government jobs and did not need family connections to obtain these
positions, as had previously been the case.
Napoleon
also created a uniform set of laws known as the Civil Code of 1804. In some
areas, the laws reflected Enlightenment principles. For example, the Code
guaranteed equality for all male citizens and the right to secure wealth and
private property. In other areas, however, the Code worked to restrict
individual rights, placing limits on freedom of speech and freedom of the
press and rolling back political gains women had made during the French
Revolution.
