The Control Of The Grand Empire

Question 1

Administration of the Empire

Answer 1

• 130 Departements integrated centred on Paris
• Gendarmerie reinforced power and authority of central government

Question 2

Economic policies of Empire

Answer 2

• ‘France first’ policy maximised revenue from satellite states
• 1805-11 tax revenues increased by 50% in Kingdom of Italy
• Poland and Westphalia supplied 25% of land dotations

Question 3

Social policies of Empire

Answer 3

• 1801 Concordat ended secular privileges of Church and imposed religious toleration
• Civil code imposed
• Serfdom abolished in Grand Duchy of Warsaw 1807

Question 4

Opposition to Concordat and Conscription across Empire

Answer 4

• Inspired peasant rising in Spain in 1808
• Jewish tolerance provoked resistance in strongly Catholic Southern Italy

Question 5

What was serfdom

Answer 5

System under which peasants were property of their masters