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The 20 pages that link to Coup of 18 Brumaire, each with the reason it gives.

• Napoleon BonaparteBroader topic: Napoleon used the coup to turn military prominence into political authority.

• French Revolutionary WarsRelated: It brought the revolutionary government to an end while the wars continued.

• Thermidorian ReactionCompared with: It ended the post-Thermidor republic, whereas Thermidor itself preserved the Convention’s authority.

• Coup d'étatBroader topic: It is a classic case of military pressure and political maneuvering ending a republican government.

• French DirectoryBroader topic: It was the decisive seizure of power that terminated the regime.

• French Second RepublicCompared with: Its precedent made a Bonaparte seizure of power a potent historical parallel in 1851.

• French ConsulateRelated: It directly established the regime that became the Consulate.

• French First RepublicRelated: It brought the republic’s unstable parliamentary government to an end.

• BonapartismBroader topic: It began the first regime whose practices supplied Bonapartism's political template.

• Joachim MuratBroader topic: Murat supported Napoleon’s seizure of power, strengthening their political and military bond.

• First French EmpireRelated: It began the political sequence that led from Napoleon’s rule as First Consul to empire.

• Paul BarrasBroader topic: Barras resigned during the coup, ending his central role in national government.

• Lazare CarnotRelated: Carnot's return to government followed the coup that ended the Directory.

• French DirectoryBroader topic: It was the decisive event that ended the Directory’s rule.

• Napoleonic eraBroader topic: This coup began Napoleon’s political rule and the era’s central sequence of events.

• Emmanuel Joseph SieyèsBroader topic: Sieyès joined Bonaparte in the coup that brought his constitutional project to power.

• Joseph FouchéRelated: Fouché’s police apparatus helped secure the coup by monitoring and containing opposition.

• Dominique-Vincent Ramel-NogaretRelated: It abruptly closed the government in which Ramel-Nogaret had served.

• Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-VarenneRelated: The coup created the regime that allowed Billaud-Varenne to return from exile, though he remained abroad.

• Pierre DaunouRelated: The coup ended the political system Daunou had helped design and redirected his public service.