Constitution of the Year X
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The Constitution of the Year X was a national constitution of France adopted during the Year X of the French Revolutionary Calendar. It superseded the Constitution of the Year VIII, revising the Consulate to augment Napoleon Bonaparte's authority by making him First Consul for Life.
It was succeeded by the Constitution of the Year XII, which established the First French Empire with Napoleon as Emperor.
References
- Text of the constitution (http://wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_du_4_ao%C3%BBt_1802) (in French)