MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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a general named Napoleon overthrew the revolutionay government and established the French Consulate
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a general named Napoleon negotiated with the monarchy a way out
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a general names Napoleon killed the King
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a general named Napoleon negotiated with the revolutionary government and made himself the president
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Detailed explanation-1: -Coup of 18–19 Brumaire, (November 9–10, 1799), coup d’état that overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Consulate (French: Le Consulat) was the top-level Government of France from the fall of the Directory in the coup of 18 Brumaire on 10 November 1799 until the start of the Napoleonic Empire on 18 May 1804. By extension, the term The Consulate also refers to this period of French history.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 9 November 1799, as frustration with their leadership reaches a fever pitch, Bonaparte stages a coup d’état, abolishing the Directory and appointing himself France’s ‘first consul’. This marks the end of the French Revolution and the start of the Napoleonic era.
Detailed explanation-4: -In November 1799, in an event known as the coup of 18 Brumaire, Napoleon was part of a group that successfully overthrew the French Directory.