WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Despite defeats in Egypt, Napoleon returned to a hero’s reception. Outmanoeuvring the government and supported by his army he collaborated in a coup d’état to overthrow the Directory and establish the Consulate. By 1800 Napoleon had become the First Consul of France, and was now in a position of total power.

Detailed explanation-2: -In October of 1795, when Napoleon was 26, a government official told Napoleon to defend the delegates at the National Convention from royalist rebels who were marching toward them. Napoleon & his gunners greeted the 1000’s of royalists with cannonade (cannon fire).

Detailed explanation-3: -Thus, it was Napoleon who shot down the columns of rebels marching against the National Convention (13 Vendémiaire year IV; October 5, 1795), thereby saving the National Convention and the republic.

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.