Napoleon's Proclamation as Emperor

Napoleon managed to overthrow the directory. He does. And it's a coup that nearly goes very, very wrong. Napoleon and CA and Duco position themselves as the consuls. But they are replaced within a month. So Napoleon doesn't hang around. Although there's talk about forming a constitution, which it's thought CA would write,. You've got other people as consuls who are much closer to Napoleon politically. In 1804, the whole console system is removed completely, and Napoleon proclaims himself emperor. We have clear evidence that there were some polls that were rigged. The whole of the army was just assumed to have voted in favor. There is no question that the vote is