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Thanks to Napoleon's military training and victories during his youth, with the support of devoted friends, he went on to seize power in 1799, abolishing the Directory. Two others came second to Napoleon at his insistence, deeming all three consuls. Following this, he gained the ire of Austria, Britain, and England in which key political leaders from those countries gained a sense of danger from him and wished to remove him from office.
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The people of France gained newfound confidence in Napoleon, who showed promise after leading a French army to victory. They longed for new, non-corrupt, strong leadership, not a repeat of the deadly Reign of Terror, where punishments were inflicted on any that opposed the French Revolution. The approval from people concerning change of a new constitution granted him dictatorship and freedom to law-make without a legislative branch consisting of representatives. This is known as a coup d'e'tat.
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Signing an agreement with Pope Pius VII, Napoleon and the First Consul ensured that the Church had no influence over national affairs. However, the Church still was able to maintain spiritual practices such as praying and studying outside of government.
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Some of the political leaders in Britain and France that were interested in a trade deal included Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother and Napoleon himself, and especially British army general Marquess Cornwallis. To maintain order and release feelings of hostility they made a truce that ensured relief from the Revolutions that were going on and the treaty also called for restoration of hostages and the oppressed.
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In order to gain money to be used for spending on resources, Napoleon sold his Louisiana Territory to the United Stares. The price was $15 million dollars. Additionally, he wished to inflict punishment on Britain someday.
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As ruler, Napoleon created a banking system in the form of coins to maximize the providence of economic relief to France and also to collect a reasonable amount of francs for tax collection from the citizens.
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Following the Royal Navy’s capture of French merchant ships due to lack of resources, the First Consul had all British males falling in the age range of eighteen years old to sixty years old arrested. This allowed Napoleon to assemble an army to invade Great Britain for security purposes.
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His code written entirely by himself ensured that everyone would be treated equally and there would be no such thing as a female or male class system. Nothing relating to family was considered for a powerful position in government or control.
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Higher education and political positions were being offered to those high-achieving academically, so that people of all sorts of backgrounds can achieve recognition.
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With Napoleon’s takeover complete and the overwhelming majority of the people of France okay with what he had enforced, Napoleon and the Pope decided to make the former emperor. A ceremony was held where Napoleon, dressed in a velvet robe, took the crown directly from the Pope. This made him more powerful than the Church, further destructing one of the original laws set in place such as hierarchies in the church.
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The Third Coalition formed consisting of the Russian and Austrian Empires, Sweden, and Britain opposing Napoleon and his way of running the country. He led some of the leaders such as Mack Leiberich away by misdirect and incorporated military tactics such as the maintaining of cavarly on the battlefield.
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Since France’s allies were already aware that Napoleon was on a winning streak and had a desire to conquer new lands, they decided to turn on him. However, he and his troops were unpredictable and elusive in battle. This displayed how Napoleon was willing to risk lives for power and respect. He was fighting among stronger armies led by Emperor Alexander I of Russia and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II of Austria.
