What Is Napoleon Bonaparte's Legacy

“Even when I am gone, I shall remain in people's minds the star of their rights, my name will be the war cry of their efforts, the motto of their hopes,” as said by Napoleon Bonaparte about himself and glory (Moore). But how did Napoleon get into power, what was his role in the French Revolution, what were his first tasks once he did get into power, and what was his legacy? Napoleon Bonaparte was a very influential man with a very interesting history. One very interesting thing is that napoleon was very young for one who gained power as quickly as he did, but in turbulent times such as the French Revolution it was easy for a man with great ambition to rise through the ranks. Since 1792 France had been at war with itself and many other European countries, and by 1796, just four years later, Napoleon was in command of a large French army (Napoleon Bonaparte). According to biography.com the army he took over was just thirty thousand strong, low in morale, and under fed (Napoleon). Soon after he took charge he began winning major victories against larger Austrian armies, who was a main rival against France
After Napoleon passed away French peasants hung picture of Napoleon II in their households waiting the day he would come and take the throne from King Louis XVIII (Napoleon’s Legacy). Then in eighteen twenty-three, two years after his death he was able to stir the French public against their new king through the publication of his memoirs (Napoleon’s Legacy). Also, the Napoleonic code that he wrote still forms the foundation of France’s civil law today about two hundred years after it was written (Napoleon Bonaparte). His civil code also spread the ideas of the French Revolution, and is a base for the current legal structures of many other European nations (Napoleon’s Legacy). Napoleon must have been talking to himself when he said, "There is no immortality, but the memory that is left in the minds of men," (Napoleon’s