Question

Explain the Rise of Napoleon>

Answer 1

Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power as military dictator in culmination of the following circumstances:

i) The fall of the Jacobin government and the subsequent ascendancy of wealthier middle classes.

ii) Introduction of a new constitution with the provision of two legislative councils along with denial of right to vote to non-propertied classes.

iii) Appointment of a Directory as an executive made up of five members in order to prevent concentration of power in one person like Robespierre during Jacobin rule.

iv) Political instability caused by the clashes among the Directors and the legislative councils who sought to dismiss them.