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Awesome Stuff Napoleon There is actually a website that is dedicated to Napoleon and it teaches about Napoleon's affect on history and also anything that is related to Napoleon. The website is a charity. Here is the link: www.**napoleon**.org

Rise Of Napoleon

Napoleon The Soldier
 * Napoleon was born on the island of Corsica in 1769 and since the King of France wanted to buy the land from the Italians, he was born French while his parents were Italian.
 * When he was nine years old Napoleon went to a military school and when he was 16 he left the school as a lieutenant in the French army.
 * During the revolution Napoleon received many promotions and by the time he was 24 he was already a general.
 * Napoleon was arrested along with Robespiere along with all his supporters because he was a friend of Robespiere's brother Augustin, but since there were no evidence against Napoleon, he was sent back to the army.

Napoleon's Italian Campaign
 * The French army conquered Holland and Belgium in 1795 because the army was huge. Napoleon was given another promotion and he became commander of the army and was ordered to attack Austrian forces in northern italy.
 * By October 1797 all of Northern Italy was under French control and this made Napoleon one of the most famous generals.

Napoleon In Egypt
 * Napoleon was ordered to attack the British trade and colonies in the Far East and so he attacked Egypt.
 * Napoleon defeated the Egyptians in the Battle Of The Pyramids in 1798 but he never got to India because their ship was sunk by the British Royal Navy and so Napoleon and the soldiers were stranded in Egypt for a year.
 * While stranded, the other French armies were being defeated when the enemies created a second coalition and the enemy army drove the French army out of Italy and central Europe.
 * Napoleon eventually finds out about the defeats in 1799 and rushes back to France to save the country.

Napoleon Seizes Power
 * One of the directors was plotting to get rid of a fellow director and so he created a new, stronger government and asked Napoleon to provide it.
 * Napoleon agreed to help and on November 9th 1799 they made up a story that the rebels are going to take over Paris and needed soldiers from the Council.
 * The council agreed and made Napoleon the commander of all the troops in the Paris district. Using the troops, they forced the other directors to resign.
 * During the next day the council learned of the story and quickly defended the other Directory and soldiers came to defend Napoleon when the council deputies started pushing Napoleon around and later he was given the power to run the country.

Napoleon The Ruler

The Consulate
 * Over the next month France was governed by three consuls with one consul making decisions and two advising the first consul.
 * Napoleon took the role of the first consul.
 * A vote showed that 3 million people of France supported Napoleon and his government and only 1500 disagreed.

Victory In War
 * Napoleon planned to attack the Austrian forces in Northern Italy and to surprise them he went through switzerland and across the Alps.
 * When his army reached Italy the Austrian forces were already ready for them and the French army almost lost until the reserve army suddenly appeared and drove the Austrians out, with France victorious.
 * Another French army beat the Austrian forces in the Battle Of Hohenlinden in Germany and it brought the war with the second coalition to an end when a peace treaty was signed in 1801 and France was in control of Belgium, North Italy and German land.

The Making Of A Legend
 * Napoleon's victory in war made him more famous then ever and he became a legendary figure.

The Concordat And The Catholic Church
 * France was finally at peace and Napoleon had to fix urgent problems in France itself.
 * During the reign of terror churches were closed and France was de-christianized and so Napoleon dropped the ten day week and also made a deal with the Pope called the Concordat. Any catholic can now freely worship again but in return Napoleon is allowed to decide who to appoint for bishops and that all priests need to show loyalty to Napoleon.
 * With the Concordat, the religious issue was over and this made Napoleon even more famous and got him even more supporters.

Napoleon Becomes Emperor
 * Napoleon extends his power by becoming an emperor even though the people of France had wanted a republic government but they nonetheless supported him.
 * Napoleon insisted on being crowned like the old kings were and also nobles did not have privileges anymore.
 * If noble wants to pass their title to their children they need to pay 20,000 francs a year to keep the title of the family.

Summary: Napoleon quickly became a general and eventually seizes power when the council was broken in an incident involving him and soldiers and he became a legendary figure when he quickly dominates the second coalition and other European countries. When he went back to France he mended many problems such as the church and he eventually named himself Emperor.

Question: How did Napoleon seize power?