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Prelude to the French Revolution: Monarchy in Crisis. As the 18th century drew to a close, Franceâs costly involvement in the American Revolution and extravagant spending by King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and his predecessor had left the country on the brink of bankruptcy.
In 1799, the French government of the Thermidorean Reaction, called the Directory, was foundering. A brilliant young French general, having already won fame with a series of victories for Revolutionary France in Italy Napoleon Bonaparte, was then busy fighting a fruitless war in Egypt. Hearing of the chaos, Napoleon abandoned his army and with geat fanfare returned to Paris a hero. On November 9, 1799 (the month of Brumaire in the French Revolutionary calendar) Napoleon Bonaparte and Abbe Sieyes pulled off a coup in France.