Question

Who seized power at the end of the French Revolution?

• A. King Louis XVI
• B. Napoleon
• C. Maximilien Robespierre
• D. Jean-Paul Marat

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Napoleon

Napoleon

• He seized the power in France in 1799. Though an autocrat, he instituted several reforms in France

• The European countries feared that the reforms of Napoleon would spread all over Europe.

• They organized themselves under the leadership of England.

• Napoleon was defeated by the European Alliance in the battle of Waterloo and lost his power in 1815.