The most minimal effort to solve these problems was not making any results. Hence, a military leader and conquer was vital, so General Napoleon Bonaparte came to control France and steer the country to a more stable condition. Napoleon used arts and published his own articles throughout his paramount events to gain fame and consent with the citizens of France eventuated him to come to high powers. His idea of reiterating nationalism demonstrated to the world the amount of power that the people have and how that power is manifested as a profoundly popular leader.
After the Reign of Terror in 1794, the Thermidorian Reaction had taken place to halt and abolish all the crimes that were done to France and the people, as a result as many as 63 executions had taken place and the Revolutionary Tribunal was abolished, released all suspects from prison, and repealed the law of Prairial and closed the Jacobin club. All means of the Terror were to be diminished, which then followed the Constitution of Year III in 1795. This would make an official constitution to guarantee the different feature Thermidorians wanted to accomplish, and soon produced the Directory on 22 August 1795 (141). Despite the Directory wanting to make a stabilized and liberal …show more content…
Propaganda allowed him to maintain his popularity. In 1798, the French Directory and Napoleon Bonaparte devised a plan to attack England, however, created an alternate method by cutting off their trade when Britain goes to India to trade. Egypt is in the path of their trade route, therefore, Napoleon decided to indirectly assail then by disturbing their trade route. The official goal of the campaign was to save Egypt from being conquered by the Mamluks and they would colonize Egypt so they would not have to directly assault the British. Napoleon and his Army of Orient left Toulon on May 19th, 1798 and started his invasion through Egypt. They were victorious in the Battle of Pyramids, which forced the Mamluks to flee south to Upper Egypt. However, they victory was short-lived since the British strategically destroyed all of the French ships that were left along the Abukir Bay in the Battle of Niles when they found residence after invading Cairo. They were stranded in Egypt, which would dramatically affect the military campaign so Napoleon set sail to France and left the rest of his army to die in Egypt. A major battle was fought in Jaffa during their way to Acre but on their way, his army was getting weaker by the plague and weak malnutrition. Lastly, on September 2nd, 1801 the British were victorious