anchor: This last king of France, heir of the progressive Orl??ans branch of the royal family, encouraged the country's exploitation of the Industrial Revolution and the complementary extension of its overseas empire in Asia and Africa (Algeria had been occupied just before the 1830 revolution).
positive: He would be the last person to hold that title and sought to conquer territory overseas.
negative: The first in a long line of kings, he directed the country to look inwards and followed a policy of isolationism.