The lands which Napoleon conquered were exploited for the benefit, not of the whole Empire, but for France. ... The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII that reestablished the Roman Catholic Church in France. ... Roman Catholicism was recognized as the religion of most French citizens. By reestablishing the Roman Catholic Church, he won the support of the large majority of peasant-farmers. ...

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