How did europeans perceive benjamin franklin in the eighteenth century

I believe the answer is: The Europeans admired Benjamin Franklin and they perceived him as a brilliant man and full of potential.

Benjamin Franklin was known to be one of the founding fathers for the new rising power in the world at that time. He also very famous for his inventions in Lighting rods to prevent building from getting hit by lightning, bifocals, and glass harmonica. These products were widely used among Europeans at that time.

the french revolution main idea was to give power to the people. the revolution was influenced by the enlightenment ideas, reasoning and skepticism pushed people to revolt against standards and norms in french society.

the problem was that the revolution caused political turmoil, and napoleon saw this as an opportunity and launched a coup d’état in november 1799. he became the first consul of france and later named french emperor.

some people see napoleon as a hero of the revolution and others see him as a traitor.

people see him as a traitor because he noticed the political turmoil and used this moment to rise to power. others see him as a hero of the revolution because he had some political and military achievements - in which he was committed to promoting the achievements of the french revolution - he had extensive public constructions, made a civil reform.

in a bigger picture, napoleon had some huge achievements in france which made him very important, but the fact that he seized power to himself makes him an undeniable traitor to the revolution since the main idea of it was to remove people from power and give power to the people.

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