How Did Napoleon Take Over France In The Late Eighteenth Century

During the late eighteenth century there were many problems that the governments in France had to face this is extremely precedent when looking at the directory. This is apparent due to the fact that Napoléon was able to correct the challenges such as stopping the corruption, fixing the financial problems that France was facing, dealing with opposition that were trying to take over France and using the army for only military rather than using it as his own personal guard. All these things are problems that Napoleon had to deal with after the Directory had been removed from power in November of 1799. Napoleon was a general in the French army near the end of the revolution and used his strategic mind to gain power and favour with the French people
While the Directory was in power they made changes to the financial problems but instead made the problem worse by making the prices of food fall but also lowered wages of the French people putting France in an economic stand still with. Another way that change the Directory did was add new taxes on wine and salt making the already lessen economy that much and finally they ended up declaring bankruptcy because they had so much debt and no way to pay for it. When Napoléon came in to power he restored power to the church while supervising their finances to ensure complete control over France in order to sustain France and help it thrive. The other way that Napoléon was able to correct and overcome the financial problem is he instituted a variety of reforms in order to help the financial problems and even specifically had a reform for the Financial problem in order to make get past the economic problems that happened when the Directory was in power. The reforms that Napoléon implemented was appointing new ministry people to look after the treasury and finances of France. The other reform was establishing a public bank system for the people of France so that states finances were more efficient and would allow France economic stability for years to come. The final way Napoléon ends the
The directory faced two different parties the Royalists and Jacobins trying to take control over France and lead them in the direction that their party thought was best for France. Some of the Jacobins even joined the directory so that they could have some control over the government. Napoléon was able to overcome this by being able to get rid or had them join which would make them support his view. The church and church supporters and a great example of this because Napoléon picked the bishops of the churches to ensure that he had support of the church and that they were loyal to him rather than having them oppose him and take control over France like the church had done centuries ago. The Directory was unable to dampen the opposition against them which made their rule challenged at every moment. Napoléon on the other hand when challenged by a different counties forces throughout the war and even in France made sure that he showed his superiority over his opposition. When he did this in the war it showed his power and limited his opposition within France at the same time. Napoléon unlike the Directory had the ability to show that he was the best thing for France and strength it while also uniting the people over one solidified