FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Robespierre
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Marat
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Napoleon
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Danton
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pope Pius VII handed Napoleon the crown that the 35-year-old conqueror of Europe placed on his own head. The Corsican-born Napoleon, one of the greatest military strategists in history, rapidly rose in the ranks of the French Revolutionary Army during the late 1790s.
Detailed explanation-2: -Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution (1789-1799). After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d’état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804.
Detailed explanation-3: -On the 2nd of December 1804 Napoleon crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris. According to legend, during the coronation he snatched the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself, thus displaying his rejection of the authority of the Pontiff.
Detailed explanation-4: -Military General Napoleon Bonaparte declared himself the emperor of France in 1804.
Detailed explanation-5: -The original plan called for three consuls at the head of the government, but Napoleon gave himself the title of First Consul. These powers essentially made him the dictator of France.