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Napoleon: Empire
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Napoleon's dream had come true. He was the rules of a huge empire. He had over 42 million people at his control. Only Britain, Russia, Sweden and Turkey were outside his control.
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The first sign that the alliance was deteriorating was the easing of the application of the Continental System in Russia, angering Napoleon. By 1812, advisors to Alexander suggested the possibility of an invasion of the French Empire and the recapture of Poland.
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All of this helped strengthen Napoleon's own position. A pragmatic rationalist, a child of the Enlightenment who subordinated rights to efficiency where necessary, he successfully replaced the chaos of the Revolution with order and, for a time at least, with peace. Le peuple proved suitably thankful. A plebiscite made him consul for life, while several royalist-inspired assassination attempts only helped reinforce popular support for a hereditary succession. Believing that the Bourbons had debased the title of king, and anxious to avoid any association with the ancien régime, Napoleon, who in any case saw himself as the successor of Charlemagne, now proposed the establishment of the French empire. The necessary legislation was passed by the enfeebled Tribunate and, given popular endorsement through a plebiscite, Napoleon was proclaimed emperor, his coronation taking place in December 1804.
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