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There were many important people from the past that shaped the history we’ve learned these days. These people were the important rulers of their nation; their influences to their nation were significant. Napoleon Bonaparte from France, and Otto Van Bismarck from Germany, they’re the greatest ruler of their nation in my opinion. We learned that they had significant influences of their nation. They ruled with ambitious, and fought with glory, all for their country.
In 1795, after the French Revolution, France was ruled by a Five Man Directory. It was proved to be weak, corrupt and ineffective. Thus, Napoleon Bonaparte, a French general at that time, staged a “Coup D’état”, which means military takeover a government. As a result, the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte had begun.
Napoleon dominated France, and much of Europe. At different times, French forces defeated the Austrian, Prussian, and Russian armies, only British remained undefeated. Not only is he famous for his military skills, he is also remembered for his accomplishment inside France. He reorganized France, he allowed religious freedom in which ended the government persecution of Roman Catholic Clergy, and he also introduced reforms to wherever the French army went.
Under Napoleon’s leadership, the French government created the Code of Napoleon, a set of laws applied to all France. The Code emphasized right to people, such as trial by jury, equality for all men, but, however, women had fewer rights than they had had during the French Revolution. On the negative side, he was a dictator. He didn’t allow freedom of speech. Moreover, his ambitious led to death of millions of Europeans.
Napoleon’s rules come to an end in 1812, when he unsuccessfully invaded Russia. The French troops was unable to fight their enemies because the cold climate. Napoleon was defeated and exiled, but he returned to attempt another “Coup D’état”. Unfortunately, he was captured and exiled again. This time he remained on the small island of Cuba where he died in 1821.
Germany had been divided into many different states for many centuries. From 1807 to 1812, Napoleon of France raided German lands, the feeling of nationalism stirred in those who fought French rule. Over time, Prussia rose to become more powerful, leading this move was prime minister Otto Von Bismarck. He was a master of “realpolitik” – tough power politics.
Otto Von Bismarck was appointed chancellor in 1862. He wanted to unite the Germany states under King William of Prussia. However, he was not driven by nationalism, but his goal was to make Prussia the master of German. Bismarck followed a policy he called “Blood and Iron”. This policy was to achieve one goal, and that was the unification of German.
In 1864, Prussia joined with Austria to take control of lands from Denmark. Soon in 1866, Bismarck turned against Austria to gain even more territory. Other German states formed a new confederation, and it was controlled by Prussia alone. Bismarck’s next step was to win the support of the remaining German states in the south. He conspire a plot which angered a weak France to declare war on Prussia.
When Prussia won the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, Bismarck reached his goal. The war with France gave the southern German states a nationalist feeling. Therefore, they joined the other states in naming the King of Prussia as emperor, or Kaiser. Bismarck not only unified German, he also made Germany became one of the strongest power in Europe.
Napoleon Bonaparte and Otto Von Bismarck, they’re great man of their nation, and of the history. Their actions, ideas had influenced their nation as well as our mind. We learned about Napoleon’s success in dominated and expanding of France, and we learned about the tough politics used by Bismarck to unify German. Although, they’re different people from different time, but their movement proved they’re great rulers.