may 18, 1804 - Napoleon declares himself Emperor of the French: Napolean declared himself as the Emperor of France to show that he had the highest authority and could not be controlled by other powers. He rejected the republican government and believed that a hereditary government is necessary for France. The cause of him becoming emperor was through the d’etat coup and his improvement of the French nation by defending it from enemies. The results were he reformed the government-Napoleonic Code
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