Many before Napoleon had wanted to remedy the chaos and revolt during the French Revolution. The moment Napoleon Bonaparte assumed power in France. People had differing opinions about him. Napoleon managed to achieve a status of legend for some, who thought he had saved France and the French Revolution from internal chaos and external threats. For them, Napoleon was a hero of the French Revolution. For many others, Napoleon was a devil. He fought with smaller nations, destroyed stability and institutionalized another dictatorship in France. Today Napoleon is not the hero of the French Revolution. Napoleon gave the French people only the illusion of democracy. The rise of Napoleon occurred when the Jacobins became one of the main leaders of the French Revolution. In 1793 the Jacobins wanted to transform the constitutional monarchy into a republic. They were more interested in social reform. They wanted to interfere with the free market by imposing price controls on food products. These ideas attracted Napoleon to work for the Jacobins. The Jacobins provided Bonaparte with the opportunity to advance his career both politically and militarily. Napoleon was able to advance by receiving artillery power in Italy and France. Napoleon's support from the Jacobins not only led to him becoming a national hero in France. Napoleon achieved a number of war victories, such as successfully driving the Austrians out of Italy. Napoleon subsequently managed to organize the coup. The coup was a self-established group that had authority over the provisional government of three consuls. The consuls promised to realize the ideals of the Tennis Court Oath. They promised to initiate sound administration, just law and order. He used the rhetoric of t...... middle of paper ......, and Russia rallied to destroy him. Britain blockads the coast and Napoleon blocks Europe and bans trade. This didn't hurt Britain, but it hurt France. Trade with France collapsed. Spain, Britain's ally, fought against Napoleon's occupation. The Pope broke the Concordat and France was excommunicated. Russia ignores the continental system since the Treaty of Tilsit with France triggering an invasion. Eventually Napoleon lost all his power. During the year 1813 Napoleon was defeated by the coalition of Prussia, Austria and Russia in the Battle of the Nation. On March 31, 1814, Paris was occupied and Napoleon was dethroned. In the year 1815, Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo to Great Britain and was exiled to St. Helena. Then, Napoleon's greed for power and big ego left France empty-handed, in chaos and once again on its knees as other nations decided its fate..