Napoleon's Nationalism

Nationalism played a large role in Napoleon's rule of France, and the other countries that he had conquered, which had both negative and positive effects on the likelihood of his rule beginning and continuing.
After the French Revolution, the people of France needed a new governmental system, as none of the previous attempts at having a government had fully satisfied all citizens needs. Nationalism was, in many ways, discovered for the French during the French Revolution; this in turn sparked their desire for a new government in France that was not at all similar to previous governments. Due to military force being being a defining factor of the French Revolution, the people inherently turned to a military run government, of which Napoleon