Constitution of the Year XII
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The Constitution of the Year XII was a national constitution of France adopted during the Year XII (1804) of the French Revolutionary Calendar.
It established the First French Empire with Napoleon Bonaparte — previously First Consul for Life, with wide-ranging powers — as Emperor of the French .
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- (English) Text of the Constitution of the Year XII
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