You mean besides conquering everything in sight? Outside
of literally working to bring the whole of Europe under his rule, Napoleon generally
used any means he could, including his relatives, marriage to key royalty in other
countries, and threats to manage his neighbors and
allies.
One notable policy of Napoleons was the
re-institution of slavery in the French colonies and subsequently was defeated in Haiti
as his expeditionary force was unable to contend with an army of slaves. This, some
speculate, led him to decide that trying to maintain some of these colonies was not
worth the expense and he then looked favorably upon the sale of the Louisiana Purchase
to the United States.
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