. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. sort of secured the cooperation of his brotherLucien, Talleyrand, Sieyes and others, andby a sudden stroke he abolished the Direc-tory on the 18th and 19th Brumaiie (Novem-ber 9 and 10). A new constitution was thendrawn up, chiefly by Sieyes, under whichNapoleon was made first consul, with Camba-ceres and Lebrun as second and third con-suls. From this time Napoleon was vir-tually ruler of France. His government was marked by sa
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. sort of secured the cooperation of his brotherLucien, Talleyrand, Sieyes and others, andby a sudden stroke he abolished the Direc-tory on the 18th and 19th Brumaiie (Novem-ber 9 and 10). A new constitution was thendrawn up, chiefly by Sieyes, under whichNapoleon was made first consul, with Camba-ceres and Lebrun as second and third con-suls. From this time Napoleon was vir-tually ruler of France. His government was marked by sagacity,activity and vigor in the administration ofcivil affairs, by the proclamation of completefreedom of religious worship, by the recon-struction of the school system and by thecompilations of the famous body of lawsknown as the Code Napoleon. But war washis element, and in 1800 he resolved to strikea blow at Austria. Having execi;ted a daringmarch into Italy across the Great Saint Ber-nard, he defeated the Austrians at Marengo,and after the decisive Battle of Hohenlindenforced Austria to conclude peace by theTreaty of Luneville. Treaties were subse-. NAPOLBON quently concluded with Spain, Naples, thePope, Bavaria, Portugal, Russia and Turkey,and finally, the Treaty of Amiens was signedby England. In 1802 Napoleon was pro-claimed by a decreeof the senate con-sul for life, and in 1804 he had him-self crowned as em-peror, nearly 3,-000,000 votes ofthe people beinggiven in favor ofthis measure. Reorganizationof Europe. In 1803war had againbroken out withGreat Britain, andNapoleon collectedan army and flotillawhich were to in-vade England. In 1805 Britain, Russia, Austria and Swedenunited against Napoleon, who marched atonce across Bavaria at the head of the annycollected for the invasion of England andcompelled the Austrian General Mack tocapitulate at Ulm. This surrender occurredon the day before Nelson by his great victoryat Trafalgar established the British suprem-acy on the
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