Ways that Napoleon brought reform to France was by appointing government officials based on merit, by creating administrative districts to centralizing government, by opening secondary schools to all males, by instituting the Napoleonic Code and by instituting a fairer tax system.
The correct answers are 3, 4, 5 and 7.
One of the most important aspects of Napoleon's work is also the least known for the general public. The Napoleonic reforms would last more in Europe than the alterations of borders that the continuous wars produced. Napoleon's empire disappeared with his fall but his policies were decisive for the revolutionary changes that, over time, would end up destroying the Old Regime in Europe.
Napoleon undertook a vast program of interior reforms. He restored public order with the creation of the Ministry of the Interior and with an effective and fearsome secret police. The administration was centralized, and the departments became dependent on the central government in Paris. A deep fiscal reform was established, which extended to all citizens the obligation to pay taxes. Napoleon signed a concordat with the Holy See, which recognized the new French state. In education, important reforms were introduced, beginning with the extension of the right to education to all French citizens. A Civil Code was enacted, which reflected the aspirations of the bourgeoisie, especially in relation to the protection of private property. One of Napoleon's most important contributions to history was, without a doubt, the promulgation of the Civil Code, which rationalized and unified the laws, and which, with the exception of the Anglo-Saxon countries, became universal.
