Question

1799: napoleon overthrows the government and declares himself first consul. in 1799, napoleon bonaparte was a french military leader. early in the revolution, he sided with the revolutionary extremists, the jacobins, who were led by maximilien robespierre and controlled the government until 1795. during that time he was promoted in the military for devising successful battle plans and for his support of the revolution. after robespierres execution, the country fell into civil war. counter - revolutionaries who supported the monarchy attacked the national convention, the group of representatives who ran the government. napoleon was tasked with defending the national convention in paris and was successful in pushing back the royalists. with the start of the new ruling body, the directory, napoleon was given command of military campaigns in italy, austria, the netherlands, egypt, syria, and other places where french forces fought against countries led by monarchs who threatened the revolution. while commanding french troops, general bonaparte gained popularity in france. to many of the french people he was the successful leader who defeated armies threatening their country and who enriched the french by bringing the riches of other regions home. while in egypt, napoleon learned that the directory was especially weak and that european armies were once again threatening france. seeing an opportunity to assume more power, he organized a coup détat, took control of the government and declared himself first consul of france. napoleon wrote a new constitution for france which gave him nearly unlimited control. the constitution was voted on by the people of france and passed 3 million in favor to 1,567 opposed. 3. how did napoleon gain popularity and power in france?

Explanation:

Napoleon gained popularity by being a successful military - leader, defeating threatening armies and enriching France with foreign spoils. He saw an opportunity with the weak Directory, organized a coup d'état, wrote a new constitution giving him near - unlimited control, and was voted for by the people.

Answer:

Napoleon gained popularity as a successful military leader who defeated threatening armies and enriched France. He took power by organizing a coup d'état when the Directory was weak, wrote a new constitution giving him near - unlimited control, and was supported by the people.