Napoleon Seizes Power - The Brumaire Coup

A video on YouTube. In History, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

This video examines Napoleon's return to Paris in October 1799, the corrupt state of the French Directory, and the meticulous planning of the coup of 18 Brumaire by Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès and his co-conspirators. It concludes with the events of 19 Brumaire at Saint-Cloud, where Napoleon seized power and established the French Consulate.

From the video

Answers: How did Napoleon take power in the coup of 18 Brumaire?

Coup of 18 Brumaire
French Directory
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès
Napoleon Bonaparte
Château de Saint-Cloud
Council of Five Hundred
Council of Elders

What it concludes

Napoleon returned to France in October 1799 after 500 days of campaigning in Egypt and Syria.
The French Directory was widely regarded as corrupt, ineffective, and unfit to survive by 1799.
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès planned to overthrow the Directory and write a new constitution to save the Republic.
On 18 Brumaire, Napoleon and the conspirators executed their plan by securing military command and relocating the legislature to Saint-Cloud.
On 19 Brumaire, Napoleon dissolved the Council of Five Hundred by force, leading to the abolition of the Directory and the establishment of the Consulate.

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