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The revolution left a void of power. The king, queen, and many government officials were beheaded and this meant that the government fell and was left without a head of state. When this happens in any government it leaves a means for a man who is powerful to take control. This is what happened with Napoleon. He was a able to step into the power void.
Frequently. Apart from the early empies such as that of Charlemagne, which usually disintegrated on the death of their founder, the Empires most frequently referred to in France are the Napoleonic ones. The FIRST EMPIRE, then, was that of Napoleon I, and it fell twice; in 1814 when Napoleon abdicated and was exiled to Elba, and in 1815 when, having returned, he was defeated at Waterloo and exiled to St. Helena. In both cases, the result was the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy under Louis XVIII. The SECOND EMPIRE was founded in 1852 when the Prsident of the Second Republic, Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (Great-Nephew of Napoleon I) was proclaimed Emperor as Napoleon III (Napoleon's heir, the King of Rome, who would have been Emperor on his father's death in 1821, died young and never attained a throne). This Second Empire fell on the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and was replaced by the Third Republic.
Paris fell to the Sixth Coalition in 1814 and Napoleon was forced to abdicate.
In the early 1800s, the ruler of France at the time of the Louisiana Purchase was Napoleon. Deeply embroiled in war in Europe at the time, Napoleon was in more need of money than of troublesome and distant colonial land of dubious value.
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Napoleon fell at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, 1815.
The revolution left a void of power. The king, queen, and many government officials were beheaded and this meant that the government fell and was left without a head of state. When this happens in any government it leaves a means for a man who is powerful to take control. This is what happened with Napoleon. He was a able to step into the power void.
By 1799 France was unstable politically, religiously and socially. Maximillian Robespierre had seized control of the government and had led France with a strong and unrelenting fist. His regime fell in 1794 and was replaced by the Directory, a very unstable form of government ruled by five directors. By 1799, the previous revolution and government changed helped cause famine, economic depression, civil war and a very unpopular government. All these factors made it easy for Napoleon to stage his coup d'état in 1799.
June 18, 1815 fell on a Sunday.
John Barraclough Fell was born in 1815.
Frequently. Apart from the early empies such as that of Charlemagne, which usually disintegrated on the death of their founder, the Empires most frequently referred to in France are the Napoleonic ones. The FIRST EMPIRE, then, was that of Napoleon I, and it fell twice; in 1814 when Napoleon abdicated and was exiled to Elba, and in 1815 when, having returned, he was defeated at Waterloo and exiled to St. Helena. In both cases, the result was the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy under Louis XVIII. The SECOND EMPIRE was founded in 1852 when the Prsident of the Second Republic, Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (Great-Nephew of Napoleon I) was proclaimed Emperor as Napoleon III (Napoleon's heir, the King of Rome, who would have been Emperor on his father's death in 1821, died young and never attained a throne). This Second Empire fell on the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and was replaced by the Third Republic.
Frequently. Apart from the early empies such as that of Charlemagne, which usually disintegrated on the death of their founder, the Empires most frequently referred to in France are the Napoleonic ones. The FIRST EMPIRE, then, was that of Napoleon I, and it fell twice; in 1814 when Napoleon abdicated and was exiled to Elba, and in 1815 when, having returned, he was defeated at Waterloo and exiled to St. Helena. In both cases, the result was the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy under Louis XVIII. The SECOND EMPIRE was founded in 1852 when the Prsident of the Second Republic, Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (Great-Nephew of Napoleon I) was proclaimed Emperor as Napoleon III (Napoleon's heir, the King of Rome, who would have been Emperor on his father's death in 1821, died young and never attained a throne). This Second Empire fell on the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and was replaced by the Third Republic.
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Paris fell to the Sixth Coalition in 1814 and Napoleon was forced to abdicate.
The Napoleonic wars were Louis the XVI's downfall. France was unable to maintain sufficient supply lines, and could not maintain their armies. So France fell under the rule of Napoleon. Some people say they're army (France's) wasn't very strong then, so they lost...Others say that France wasn't ready for Napoleon. But they're both almost exactly the same answers... :)
It's called the "Romantic" era.