Why Did Napoleon Lead To The French Revolution

As the French Revolution was beginning to hit its height, a small Brigadier General was starting to grow into fame. Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 in Corsica and when he was twenty-seven years old in 1796 was given the reigns of the French Army of Italy. He was given these reigns for his prestigious smarts in and out of the classroom. David Bell stated in his concise biography Napoleon, which Napoleon said “I lived like a bear…always alone in my small room with my books…my only friends!” This constant effort in academics helped Napoleon receive a military scholarship at the “Ecole Militaire in Paris” where he entered the artillery division. As you are starting to know his background on how he entered the military. The main reason for this …show more content…
Napoleon always that he was a superior being that gifts from the man above. Bell points out in an exact instance that Napoleon “did I believe myself to be a superior man, and did the ambition come to me of executing the great things which so far had been occupying my thoughts only as a fantastic dream.” In his own words he thought he was a superior being over everyone besides God. One thing that Napoleon received from his men was that of Loyalty. In one instance he says, “The fatherland has the right to expect great things out of you…All of you wish to be able to say with pride, upon returning to your villages”. As Bell continues to state that Napoleon shared his worth with his men on the basis that he knew what kind of men that he had and that most of them came from very poor provinces. According to Bell he shared upwards of 45 million pounds with his Frenchmen. This loyalty that he built throughout his military career and his expedition in Egypt is what made him gain interest in the eyes of the …show more content…
His main goal with the New France was to make a republic out of it, not a monarchy. His new Republic that was called the “First Consul” was “not like Kings…who see their states as an inheritance.” As you see here is that he doesn’t want to be considered to be a king, but continually pasted so called “Constitutions” which more and more gave him power, especially the “Constitution of 1802” which gave him office for life. While also giving him the power to elect his successor which ultimately would eventually be someone from his bloodline. Napoleon was not a man for the better of the Revolution he was a man for himself and for his belief for a weak nation like France was with the ending of the massive Revolution that they had ongoing. One of the main instances from the book that really made me double look at the way Napoleon believed his was a king was his coronation at the “Temple of Reason”, in which he wore a glamorous robe as well as his wife Josephine. While holding a scepter in which the nobles used, he took the crown out of Pope Pius VII and placed the crown on his head. As you can see here at this moment that a new royal family was just assumed into