Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, in Corsica on august 15, 1769 and died in 1821. At a young age, he decided to pursue a military career, and won a scholarship to the French Military Academy. Napoleon became one of the best military commanders known in history, and become very powerful very quickly with his military conquests. Near the end of the revolution, the government, which was very radical and led by Robespierre was not efficient, and had imposed two years of terror on the French society. After Robespierre’s assassination, France was very unstable, and in an economic crisis. Near the end of the revolution, Napoleon had won wars against Prussia and Austra, and therefore was very popular in France. Napoleon ha