Write a one-paragraph summary based on the attached text of Napoleon Bonaparte's early life.

Napoleon’s Education and Early Military Career 
Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. He was the second of eight surviving children born to Carlo Buonaparte (1746-1785), a lawyer, and Letizia Romalino Buonaparte (1750-1836). Although his parents were members of the minor Corsican nobility, the family was not wealthy. The year before Napoleon’s birth, France acquired Corsica from the city-state of Genoa, Italy. Napoleon later adopted a French spelling of his last name.
As a boy, Napoleon attended school in mainland France, where he learned the French language, and went on to graduate from a French military academy in 1785. He then became a second lieutenant in an artillery regiment of the French army. The French Revolution began in 1789, and within three years revolutionaries had overthrown the monarchy and proclaimed a French republic. During the early years of the revolution, Napoleon was largely on leave from the military and home in Corsica, where he became affiliated with the Jacobins, a pro-democracy political group. In 1793, following a clash with the nationalist Corsican governor, Pasquale Paoli (1725-1807), the Bonaparte family fled their native island for mainland France, where Napoleon returned to military duty.
In France, Napoleon became associated with Augustin Robespierre (1763-1794), the brother of revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794), a Jacobin who was a key force behind the Reign of Terror (1793-1794), a period of violence against enemies of the revolution. During this time, Napoleon was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the army. However, after Robespierre fell from power and was guillotined (along with Augustin) in July 1794, Napoleon was briefly put under house arrest for his ties to the brothers.
In 1795, Napoleon helped suppress a royalist insurrection against the revolutionary government in Paris and was promoted to major general.
Letizia Romalino Buonaparte gave birth to a son, Napoleon, on August 15, 1769, on the isle of Corsica which had just been taken over by the French. Napoleon’s father, a lawyer and minor Italian noble sent Napoleon, whose last name had been Frenchified to Bonaparte, to school in mainland France. After graduating from a French military academy, Second Lieutenant Bonaparte joined an artillery unit. While on leave in Corsica, Napoleon and his family became affiliated with a pro-democracy group which led to their fleeing to mainland France. Having become associated with the Robespierre brothers who were a force behind the Reign of Terror, Napoleon, who had reached the rank of brigadier general, was briefly arrested in 1794.  The next year, he helped put down an insurrection and was promoted to major general.