Whats the point of The french revolution and Napoleon.?

The original point was to overthrow the old aristocratic system that was exploiting and impoverishing the people, and to replace it with a more democratic republican type of government. However, it degenerated into a rule of terror (c.v. the Soviet Union) and in-fighting between factions. Napoleon brought order, and then tried to export the revolution to other countries by invading them. Unfortunately he became corrupt, placing his relatives in charge of various countries, and obsessed with power, as when he had himself made Emperor. Disastrously, he tried to invade Russia. He was overthrown, imprisoned, but escaped and gathered a popular army before being finally defeated by Wellington at Waterloo. The monarchy was re-imposed on France by the victorious powers, but it was weak and unpopular and eventually collapsed. Napoleon himself was again imprisoned, this time on the South Atlantic island of St Helena, from which there was no escape.

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