Question

During France's tumultuous Reign of Terror, this man emerged as a tyrannical emperor who crowned himself with power and was ultimately defeated at Waterloo in 1815. Who is this man?

1) Napoleon Bonaparte
2) Louis XVI
3) Robespierre
4) Marie Antoinette

Answer 1

Napoleon Bonaparte is the man who became the emperor of France after the Reign of Terror and was defeated at Waterloo in 1815.

Step-by-step explanation:

The man who emerged as a tyrannical emperor during France's Reign of Terror, crowned himself with power, and was ultimately defeated at Waterloo in 1815 is Napoleon Bonaparte. The Reign of Terror led to the downfall of the Jacobin party and Maximillian Robespierre, following which a more conservative government, the Directory, came to power. However, the Directory failed to manage a stable transition from the former regime to a new republican government, creating an opening for Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon, a general in the French Army who defended the new French Republic against foreign monarchies, seized power through a coup d'etat in 1799. After assuming increasing amounts of power, he declared himself Consul for Life and later Emperor of France in 1804 and led France in a series of victorious military campaigns before his career ended with defeat at Waterloo.