MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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He made French leaders the heads of government in all territories.
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He required all government officials to convert to Catholicism.
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He forced citizens in conquered territories to execute all aristocrats.
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He established a new set of laws based on reason rather than tradition.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The answer which best described how Napoléon governed France’s empire in Europe is that he established a new set of laws based on reason rather than tradition.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did Napoleon become emperor of France? Napoleon first seized political power in a coup d’état in 1799. The coup resulted in the replacement of the extant governing body-a five-member Directory-by a three-person Consulate. The first consul, Napoleon, had all the real power; the other two consuls were figureheads.
Detailed explanation-3: -The political instability of the Directory paved the way for the rise of a military dictator-Napoleon Bonaparte. He crowned himself Emperor of France. He started conquering neighbouring countries by waging wars against them and saw himself as a moderniser of Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d’état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804.
Detailed explanation-5: -Napoleon ruled for 15 years, closing out the quarter-century so dominated by the French Revolution. His own ambitions were to establish a solid dynasty within France and to create a French-dominated empire in Europe.