FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Paris Commune
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Napoleon
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Committee of Public Safety
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Georges Danton
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bonaparte thereupon returned to France to exploit his own great prestige and the disrepute into which the military reverses had brought the government. His coup d’état of 18 Brumaire overthrew the Directory and substituted the consulate.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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. The Directory was replaced with a three-member Consulate, and 5’7” Napoleon became first consul, making him France’s leading political figure.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte pulled off one of the greatest political coups in history, seizing control of the French government in a matter of days – without sacrificing a single life.