Mark the statement if it describes one of the major steps in Napoleon’s climb to power.


A.
He rises in the French army after the beginning of the Revolution.


B.
He helps put down a royalist uprising in Paris.


C.
He becomes ruler of the island of Elba.


D.
He takes command of a new French army in Italy.


Sagot :

The answers are A, B and D. He rises in the French army after the beginning of the Revolution, He helps put down a royalist uprising in Paris. He takes command of a new French army in Italy.

a. He rises in the French army after the beginning of the Revolution.

Two members of the Directory approached Napoleon, plotted with him and his brother Louis, to overthrow the weak government and establish some form of a stronger regime capable of charting a new course for France.---

Napoleon came to power as a result of a coup de etat The Coup of 18 Brumaire took place, November 9, 1799. He was appointed by members of the French Directory, who saw in Him a strong figure, that eventually was capable of setting a new course for a politically unstable France.

b. He helps put down a royalist uprising in Paris.

In 1795, in the midst of civil uprisings, and as commander of a military division, he was committed to putting down a Parisian mob that was storming the Tuileries Palace. He decided to gave the order to fire on the people gathering there.

d. He takes command of a new French army in Italy.

In the year of 1796, Napoleon guided a French army that defeated the much larger armies of Austria, a historical antagonism, within a series battles in Italy, the Habsburgs had to give up the control and influence they had on the Mediterranean through Italy.