Napoleonic Code:The first major change was doing away with all privileges based on birth, establishing equality before law and securing the right to property.Administrative divisions were simplified.Feudal system was abolished and peasants were freed from serfdom and manorial dues $($abuse of manorial lords$).$In towns, guild restrictions were removed.Transport and communication systems were improved.Peasants, artisans, workers and new businessmen enjoyed a new found freedom.Businessmen and small$-$scale producers of goods in particular began to realize that uniform laws, standardized weights and measures and a common national currency would facilitate the movement and exchange of goods and capital from one region to another.