<P> Citizens of the war - weary nation wanted stability , peace , and an end to conditions that at times bordered on chaos . Nevertheless , those on the right who wished to restore the monarchy by putting Louis XVIII on the throne , and those on the left who would have renewed the Reign of Terror , tried but failed to overthrow the Directory . The earlier atrocities had made confidence or goodwill between parties impossible . The Directory régime met opposition from Jacobins on the left and royalists on the right ( the latter were secretly subsidised by the British government ) . The army suppressed riots and counter-revolutionary activities . In this way the army and in particular Napoleon gained total power . </P>
what emperor took over france after the reign of terror
Napoleon