HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Maximilien Robespierre, Social Democracy, Arc De Triomphe
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Reaction: the directory: the directory established, 5 directors were sharing the power, the push back the revolution, no more executions and terror, 1799 directory is not popular, it is compromised. A coup is hatched: abbe emmanuel sieyes needs a military leader to take the power to himself and finds him in napoleon. 18th brumaire the coup is established, napoleon closes the directory. The seas underestimated napoleon and the three men will become the councils, after 2 years he made himself an emperor of france. It is going to become very popular around the world. Napoleon: becomes the dictator of france, napoleon unifies all the laws in the civil code 1804 (code napoleon, 1807, he creates the legion of honour, where people with abilities were rewarded. In napoleon time mostly military men were rewarded with it: he didn"t believe in girls only boys had the ability to rise up through getting good education, napoleon makes peace with catholic church.