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Why did Napoleon get involved in the French Revolution?
He defended the Directory against a Royalist counter revolution with a whiff of grapeshot.
What was Napoleon's grapeshot?
During a riot in Paris he attacked the crowds using cannons filled with small pellets. This tactic was very effective. Napoleon later referred to this using the phrase 'a whiff of grapeshot'.
The important contribution Napoleon Bonaparte made during the French Revolution?
He ended the Royalist counter-revolution with a whiff of grapeshot.
What did Napoleon do to become major general in1796?
He ended the Royalist Counterrevolution by killing 1,400 protestors with a "whiff of Grapeshot" in support of the Directory.
What is Napoleon's relation to the french revolution?
He protected the Directory from a Royalist uprising at the Tuileries on 5 October 1795 with his famous whiff of grapeshot which killed 1,400 of them from his cannons.
How many were killed at Tuileries?
Napoleon's "whiff of grapeshot" killed 1,400 Royalist counter Revolutionaries on 5 October 1795 and cleared the streets of Paris in defense of the Directory at Tuileries Palace. His reputation had been established.
How did Napoleon Bonaparte gain recognition?
First by driving the Royal Navy out of Toulon and later by protecting the Directory from a Royalist counter revolution with a whiff of grapeshot that cleared the Paris streets and left 1,400 dead in its wake.
How did the wars of the revolution help Napoleon's career?
Napoleon's famous whiff of grapeshot was in defense of the Directory on 5 October 1795 in which he killed 1,400 Royalist Revolutionaries. It established his reputation, gained him advancement in rank, fame and wealth.
How was Napoleon Bonaparte a big help in the revolution?
He ended a Royalist revolt with his famous whiff of grapeshot which gained him wealth, fame and promotion.
What event had the greatest impact on Napoleon's rise to power?
Probably the 'whiff of grapeshot', the guns brought to him by future brother in law Murat. But the great man was destined for great things. He is able to dominate, for example, Andre Massena, who was no shrinking violet.
How did Napolean Bonaparte prove himself militarily?
The siege of Toulon established him as more then a competent Artillery Officer and he became the darling of the Republicans and the Directory when he ended the Royalist counter-revolution with his whiff of grapeshot that killed 1,400 protestors and scattered the rest.
When did Napoleon become famous?
He made his mark in the defense of the Directory at the Tuileries Palace against revolting royalist when he put down their revolt with "a whiff of grapeshot", killing 1,400. Don't listen to him, he became famose for protecting a port in France from England. it was his mind not his shot.
