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…showed last 75 words of 541 total…rights. He greatly modernized and progressed French and much of European society. Ideas such as establishing a national bank, organizing public education and employing natural rights upon the people give Napoleon the title of last enlightened despot. However, his numerous taxes and wars would prevent people from seeing these great reforms until his fall in 1815. Although he is better known as one of the greatest military geniuses, his domestic- enlightened reforms can not be ignored.