Answer:
Napoleon’s actions went against Enlightenment principles because he:
1. Ruled absolutely
2. Crowned himself emperor
3. Restricted freedom of the press
Explanation:
<em>1. Ruled absolutely</em>
The first democratic values were introduced during the age of Enlightenment. Absolutism (rule of one) as type of governance is opposite to democracy (rule of the people).
<em>2. Crowned himself emperor
</em>
The fact that Napoleon crowned himself as an emperor goes against the principles of Enlightenment, because according to the Social Contract Theory (Locke and Rousseau) the people have to give agreement for the political developments of such a scale.
<em>3. Restricted freedom of the press. </em>
Freedom of speech is one of the core ideas of the Enlightenment and restriction of press goes directly against this principle.