Napoleon bonaparte came to power in france by

Napoleon Bonaparte came to power in France by a coup d'etat. He overthrew the Directory, which was in charge at the time and created a dictatorship straight away. He then became "First Consul" of France for ten years before ruling as an emperor. Napoleon Bonaparte established the Napoleonic Code, where there was freedom of religion, and demanded that people should not receive jobs based on their social status, but on their merit.