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1. a. Yes, the reason for it is that this was his second offense. He was sent to live in the island of Elma, with a more than a reasonable amount of power. However, he was unsatisfied with this, and secretly shipped back to France to start another army. The British had every reason to send him exile as far and quick as they could.

b. Although he did cause massive damage in several parts of Europe, he also changed the minds of the young and educated, so that they would want freedom and realize that they needed to fight against their oppression to get their liberty, therefore I think that he should have been able to stay in his home country, but just be under supervision.

2. There was great change in these countries. After Napoleonic wars, many countries were under Napoleon's rule, such as Spain, Portugal, and Russia. There were only 5 countries in the whole European continent that weren't under Napoleon control, and one of them were the Great Britain.

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German states a. the feudal rights and dues were ended. b. The states' ruler, was dethroned, serfdom was eliminated c Each state had its own power. However, they were not allowed to make alliances, but allowed to make currencies. they were introduced to the code of Napoleon, and the church's power was reduced. d. The Law was made for the people, the Jewish were given equal rights, and so were the citizens.

Holland a. No change of land b. Napoleon's personal control, making it part of the French empire. c. The states had better facilities, such as setting up a science academy and a royal library. d. Laws introduced fairer criminal law, such as no torture. It helped farmers.

Italian states a. They took lands from monastries, and divided Italy into many regions, run by Prefects. b. It was ruled by Napoleon's stepson, Eugene Beauharnnais, along with the prefects running the district. c. Napoleon set up a constitution to give the people rights to vote to make a parliament, and also established Code of Napoleon. d. It was now part of a French empire.

Spain a. Spain was also divided into regions, run by prefects. b. It was ruled by Napoleon's brother. c. He abolished nobles' privileges, closed down many monasteries, he also included constitution to give people equal rights. d. It was not part of French Empire, but it was under Napoleon rule.

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3. Napoleon when ruling the different countries, gave it free rights, with no monarchy oppression. People still remembering those times, wanted it back when the monarchs regained power, therefore revolutions started.

4. Those Europeans were all sick of not being in control of their own lives, and tired of living with famine. They wanted their equal rights, they wanted their voices to be heard, just like what Napoleon did for them.

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a. People were living in conditions considered below standards. If people's bellys were full and they had a comfortable bed to sleep in, they would not be angry, but here, this was not the case. They could not bare the famine. b. The monarchs, when they regained the power, also wanted the nobles and the clergy to regain their power, avoid tax even though they owned most of the money in country. c. Although they had little money, they had to pay immense amount of taxes, including direct (land, tithe) and indirect (salt, and other products). 