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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.
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Bonapartism By: 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 CréditMobilier- a banking institution that sold its shares to the public and used those funds to invest in new industrial enterprises • Also happy with CréditFoncier- 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
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 Socialistic initiatives
International Trade Belgium • 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 Britain
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 in Italy • External Problems • Crimean War with Russia • Fought in Italy, Mexico, and France (against the Prussians)