Question

Discuss the 3 administrative arrangements implemented by the French which angered the local population of Mainz and Brussels.

Answer 1

Answer:

In the areas conquered by the Napoleon,the reaction of the local people were mixed . Initially in many places such as Holland and Switzerland and in certain cities like Brussels, Mainz, Milan and Warsaw , French armies were welcomed as harbingers of liberty but the initial enthusiasm soon turned into hostility as it became clear that the new administrative arrangements did not go hand in hand with political freedom.

Answer 2

Increased taxation, censorship on printing media & books, and Forced conscription into the French Armies

Explanation:

• From 1800 on, he reformed the chaotic financial system by borrowing money to deal with short-term expenditure and establishing a tax system which indirectly had favoured the elite. He appointed tax collectors just to make sure the government collected revenue. Napoleon was prosperous, of course, and his financial circumstances mirrored that as well. The burden of tax was felt very hard  on the working class
• The increase in power and the capacity of Napoleon to remain publicly undisputed for so long in France, especially in the media he used during his career, was driven by propaganda and censorship. One way Napoleon ensured that his public reputation was preserved and that scrutiny was avoided during his reign was by increasing his control over all published media, beginning naturally with the newspapers. The French press enjoyed a political diversity and a freedom which it had not seen before at the end of the 18th century and that Napoleon, who knew this, had to reduce the number of newspapers to a satisfactory level of controls.
• As a condition of citizenship, France became the first modern country to establish universal military conscription. This was intended to support the army of the nation after the French Revolution. Napoleon forced Forced conscription of people into the French Armies in order to satisfy his imperialist ambition