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By participation in a coup against the legitimate government called the Directory.

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After his first exile who did Napoleon take back power?

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What he promised was better then they had been treated by the Republic or by the Monarchy. He gave them hope and bread.


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Why is ascendancy of Napoleon considered the end of the French Revolution?

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