Once exiled to Elba, Napoleon was able to bring to the island people the same system of government tried to set up in Europe. Why was Napoleon allowed to live out his remaining days on this small island? A. The people of the island of Elba asked that Napoleon come to their island to set up a new government much like that of France.
B. The people who overthrew Napoleon understood that he had supporters who might start another uprising if he were executed.
C. Napoleon was allowed to live because of a law put into the French constitution after the death of revolutionary King Louis XVI.
D. Because the people of France had seen so much death and destruction throughout the revolution they had dismantled their guillotines.