WORLD HISTORY

FRENCH REVOLUTION

FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
After escaping the island of Elba, Napoleon gathered volunteers from the French countryside and seized power from
A
Louis XIV
B
Louis XVI
C
Louis XVII
D
Louis XVIII
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He was exiled to the island of Elba, between Corsica and Italy. In France, the Bourbons were restored to power. Napoleon escaped in February 1815 and took control of France. The Allies responded by forming a Seventh Coalition, which defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Hundred Days (French: les Cent-Jours IPA: [le sɑ̃ ʒuʁ]), also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition, marked the period between Napoleon’s return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 (a period of 110 days).

Detailed explanation-3: -On February 26, 1815, Napoleon managed to sneak past his guards and somehow escape from Elba, slip past interception by a British ship, and return to France. Immediately, people and troops began to rally to the returned Emperor.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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