How the Napoleonic Government Worked

After the Coup of 18 Brumaire, Napoleon Bonaparte with the help of Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès and Roger Ducos, started to organize a new goverment that would replace the former one, the so-called Directory, that was established righ after the mess of the French Revolution and the fall of Robesbierre. Napoleon, already a very famous general, known for his leadership during the First Italian Campaign and the Egyptian Campaign, sought to use his popularity to take the power on what would be known as the Coup of 18 Brumaire. After the coup was succesful and power was consolidated, Sieyès started to draft a new constitution and a new political system that would be known as the Consulate, it was under this political structure that many of the reforms that Napoleon is known for were consolidated; such as the Napoleonic Code. As time passes the Consulate would start to get more centralized under the figure of Napoleon, a centralization that would culminate into the First French Empire, or the Napoleonic Empire. An interesting history that can teach us about the institutions and governments of the early 19th century and a political history of the Napoleonic Era not so much portrayed as the Napoleonic Wars. Please subscribe; if you’ve enjoyed the content :) sounds and music by