How did the local people in the areas conquered by the Napoleon react to French rule? Explain.
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a. Napoleon who had captured a large portion of Europe and brought about legislative changes such as uniform civil code eliminated the feudal system. All this accommodated in building a sense of unification.
b. In many countries like Holland, Switzerland the French Military was originally embraced
c. Areas controlled by the French were made subsidiary to the French requirements.
d. Due to Lack of administrative freedom, people forced to adopt an unfriendly attitude towards the French.
Answer:
(i) Peasants, artisans, workers and businessmen enjoyed this newly found freedom.
(ii) They realized that Uniform laws and standardized weights and measures and a common national currency would be more helpful in a trade as it would facilitate the movement and exchange of goods and capital from one region to another.
(iii) Increase in taxes, censorship and forced conscription in French armies were seen as outweighing the advantage of administrative changes which Napoleon brought.
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