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was organised to ratify the new order and the coup was portrayed as a security operation. On 20 and 21 December, the French population were recorded as having voted for acceptance of the new regime by an overwhelming majority of 7,145,000 to 600,000, although the official tally and free nature of the
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was adopted in January 1852. It dramatically expanded the powers of the president, who was elected for a period of 10 years with no term limits. He not only possessed executive power, but was vested with the power of legislative initiative, thereby reducing the scope of the Parliament. Bonaparte was
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even declared itself administered by a "Committee of Resistance" but the army, still loyal to the President, succeeded in quelling the rebellion. A total of 32 departments were put under a state of alert from 8 December and the rebellious areas were controlled in a few days. Opponents were arrested
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The provisions of the constitution that prohibited an incumbent president from seeking re-election appeared to force the end of Louis-Napoleon's rule in December 1852. He therefore spent the first half of 1851 trying to force changes to the constitution through Parliament so he could be re-elected.
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was among the rebels and was expelled from France. By evening, the revolt of Paris was suppressed and the city returned to normal. According to Victor Hugo the killings on 4 December were arbitrary and anybody visible to the soldiers was shot at or bayoneted including women and children.
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had called him a "cretin whom we will lead "), he proved himself an agile and cunning politician. He succeeded in imposing his choices and decisions upon the Assembly, which had once again become conservative in the aftermath of the
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Bonaparte travelled through the provinces and organised petitions to rally popular support. Two-thirds of the General Council supported Louis-Napoleon's cause, but in the Assembly, supporters of the
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The coup triggered revolts in other places across France. On 5 December, rebellions were reported in big cities, small towns and rural areas in the south-west of France. The department of
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Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (right), with the bust of Napoleon I behind him, delivers instructions to his conspirators in the night of 1 to 2 December. Depicted, from left to right:
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previously abolished by the legislature. The continuation of his authority and the power to produce a new constitution were approved days later by a
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The authoritarian republic proved to be only a stopgap, as Bonaparte immediately set about restoring the Empire. In less than a year, following
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automatically reelected to a fresh term as president. For all intents and purposes, he now held all governing power in the nation.
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The coup d'état was meticulously planned from 20 August 1851. Preparations and planning for this coup took place at
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was killed, and on 4 December 200 more people fell victim to the suppression of the revolt. The Italian journalist
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was proclaimed. Again on the symbolic and historic date of 2 December, President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte became
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erupted despite tight control by the army. The insurgents were soon defeated. On 3 December parliamentarian
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Proclamations of the decree issued by the president and executed by his Minister of the Interior,
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for complete texts (6 Décrets, « Appel au peuple », et « Appel à l'Armée »)
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Faced with the prospect of having to leave office in 1852, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (nephew of
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through universal male suffrage, taking 74% of the vote. He did this with the support of the
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Contrary to the Party's expectations that Louis-Napoleon would be easy to manipulate (
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became Marshals of France on 11 December. A new constitution was being drafted. A
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Reacting to this coup, parliamentarians took refuge in the mayor's office of the
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La résistance au coup d'état du 2 décembre 1851 dans les départements et à Paris
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in 1848. He broke away from the control of the Party of Order and created the
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December 2, 1851: contemporary writings on the coup d'etat of Louis Napoleon
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in the barricades of Paris on 3 December, where he was killed by coup forces
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in 1805, as the day for the coup. The operation was christened
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as its head, in 1849. On 3 January 1850, he dismissed
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French Peasants in Revolt: The Insurrection of 1851
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Mocquard
Saint-Arnaud
Morny
Fialin
Philippoteaux
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
National Assembly
constitution
self-coup
Napoleon III
President of France
Second Republic
Napoleon I's coronation
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National Assembly
Second French Empire
Napoleon Bonaparte
universal male suffrage
constitutional referendum
Constitution of 1852
Emperor of the French
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