ed in 1799, the French people embraced him with cheering crowds.
             After Napoleon had returned to France in 1799, all the citizens of France welcomed him graciously. At this time the ruling body of government, the Directory Government of France, as in a downfall. France needed a new leader to impose order in France. Napoleon along with Siéyès and other well-respected people seized power of France; they established a new regime in the coup d'etat of November 9-10, 1799. One month after the coup was established, Napoleon set up a new constitution. So in front of the Council of Elders, Napoleon revised and addressed the new French constitution. So graciously, Napoleon stepped in as head of the military, and an executive power in France. Soon enough common people were very content to see a positive change, after ten years of instability, war, and an economic downfall. From the United States Constitution, the Napoleonic laws were set up, which would prove to be useful in imposing order in France. He abolished the old ways of government li!
             ke feudalism. Under this new constitution, Napoleon made himself first consul, which gave him powers close to that of a dictator. This constitution granted universal male suffrage in order to satisfy the people however, still left Napoleon in control. Through the use of plebiscite, a vote by the people, people of France, who were mostly in support of Napoleon and his new constitution. This constitution was later revised in 1802 to make Napoleon consul for life and was revised again in 1804 to make him emperor of France. In 1804 Bonaparte called upon the Pope to crown him emperor of France. Many historians say that this was one of the smartest things that Napoleon did because now God establishes the ideas of the Revolution however, Napoleon did not believe that being Emperor of France was based on the will of God or birth but rather through his own achievements. Both of...