FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Detailed explanation-1: -Napoleon was able to create strong loyalty because he made an effort to show the soldiers he led that he trusted them. When he gave an order, Napoleon trusted that the mission would get done; he was invariably confident that his armies could handle what he asked them to do.
Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleon took over the French “Army of Italy, ” drove the Austrians and Sardinians out of Piedmont, defeated the Papal States, and occupied Venice.
Detailed explanation-3: -Charles IV then abdicated in favor of Napoleon, since he did not want his despised son to be heir to the throne. Napoleon placed his brother Joseph on the throne. The formal abdications were designed to preserve the legitimacy of the new sitting monarch.
Detailed explanation-4: -After Napoleon abdicated as emperor in March 1814, Louis XVIII, the brother of Louis XVI, was installed as king and France was granted a quite generous peace settlement, restored to its 1792 boundaries and not required to pay war indemnity.