MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Question
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He continued to use the guillotine against his enemies
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He worked with the Directory to bring peace
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He stabilized the country with his new policies
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He decreased the size of the military
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Detailed explanation-1: -Napoleon brought political stability to a land torn by revolution and war. He made peace with the Roman Catholic Church and reversed the most radical religious policies of the Convention. In 1804 Napoleon promulgated the Civil Code, a revised body of civil law, which also helped stabilize French society.
Detailed explanation-2: -He personally negotiated the Treaty of Campo Formio with the defeated Austrians, bringing vast new territories under French control. The people of Paris welcomed their returning hero. They looked to Bonaparte to end the political chaos into which the Revolution had descended once again.
Detailed explanation-3: -Q: How did Napoleon support the French Revolution? Napoleon created the lycée system of schools for universal education, built many colleges, and introduced new civic codes that gave vastly more freedom to the French than during the Monarchy, thus supporting the Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -Napoleon Bonaparte took power in France on November 9th/10th 1799. The coup of 18/19 Brumaire in the Year VIII of the republican calendar is generally taken to mark the end of the French Revolution and the beginning of Napoleon Bonaparte’s dictatorship.