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Age of Napoleon
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12/15/2009

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Napoleon was a child during?

He was in about his 20's during the?

Which Revolutionary group was he in?

 

Definition

1) Enlightenment

2) French Revolution

3) Jacobins

Term
What was established in the Consulate Period?
Definition
Enlightened Reforms
Term
What was the Napoleonic Code?
Definition

Universal French laws where:

1) Equality before law

2) Religious toleration

3) Private Property

4) Serfdom abolished

5) Inheritance rights to women

 

(Basically, Enlightenment ideas)

Term

Why was Meritocracy great for the middle class?

What was agreed with the emigres?

Definition

1) Allowed them to rise if they worked real hard

2) Come back to France if they swore an oath of loyalty

Term

What was established in the Concordat With te Catholic Church of 1801?

What happened to civil rights/toleration?

What happened to the calendar?

Definition

1) Couldn't get land back from Rev.

2) Nominate/Despose bishops

3) Refractory clergy could replace clergy

4) Equal for ALL (theme yes?)

5) switched back to Christian Calendar

Term

What was established in the Bank of France?

What was lowered?

Why did the people like this idea? (pretty obvious, think if this happened to you... if prices were lowered)

Definition

1) Credit/Currency

2) Taxes (raised to conquered enemies)

3) Pay less

Term
What did Napoleon reform with education?
Definition

- More public

- social status

-Much like today

Term
What was the Police State?
Definition
Spies that would spie on others to put down any "rebellions"
Term
What were the negatives of Napoleon's reforms?
Definition

1) Inequality for women

2) Workers unions abolished again

3) Police repressed liberty/suggested absolutism

Term

In the War of the 2nd Coalition, Why can't Napoleon fully defeat England?

What Treaty ends the war? What is established?

Definition

1) Because of England's Navy

2) Treaty of Luneville

3) France gets Italy/Germany and Russia runs away from war/retreats

Term
How did France get a lot of money from America?
Definition
Sold a huge portion known as Louisiana to Americans, known as the Louisiana Purchase
Term

What does Napoleon do that starts the Empire Period?

 

Definition
Crowns himself emperor of France w/ Pope's consent (Sound like HRE right? I just realized that haha)
Term
With all of the land that Napoleon has, he uses Satellite Kingdoms and Nepotism, so his brothers and family got the privelege of?
Definition
Ruling over conquered lands
Term

Who supported Napoleon?

What turned people against him?

Definition

1) Enlightened supporters/thinkers

2) Taxes/Conscription into army

Term

Prussia, Britain, Austria, Russia, and Sweden form the 3rd Coaltion against?

What was their goal?

Definition

1) Napoleon

2) Balance power in Europe

Term
What happened in the Battle of Trafalgar?
Definition
Lord Nelson shatters the French Navy/Napoleon's goal of getting Britain.
Term
What was the Treaty of Tilsit?
Definition
Napoleon winning against 3rd Coalition, so he gets Prussia/Austria and allies with Russia against Britain
Term
What happened in the Confederation of the Rhine?
Definition
German states unify into 15 major states with a sense of Nationalism against France/Napoleon & HRE abolished
Term

What was the goal of the Continental System?

How did Britain survive?

Definition

1)To cut off trading with Britain and Europe.

2)Used trading from the New World/Africa

Term

Who was France going against in the Peninsula War?

What caused this?

Definition

1) Spain

2) Napoleon was trying to get his brother, Joseph, as King

Term

Why did the Russians withdraw from the Continental System?

When they went to war with France, what strategy did they use?

What happens to Napoleon's Army?

Definition

1) Hurting their economy

2) scorched earth policy/retreat and burn everything

3) Dies in Winter, and some are taken prisoner, 30 k only return

Term

What was the largest batlle in world history during Napoleon's Reign?

This was led by?

What was Metterbnich's Proposal?

* Who wins the war?

Definition

1) Battle of Leipzig

2) 4th Coalition

3) Napoleon could return, but he would have to return land, so he refused

*)Not Napoleon =]

Term

What were the allied armies called that entered Paris?

After Napoleon leaves, who was restored to the throne?

Definition

1) Quadruple Alliance (4 great powers; Britain, Russia, Austria, Prussia)

2) Bourbons; Louis XVIII

Term

What was represented in the Charter of 1814?

After Napoleon was out of France, what happened with all of his reforms?

Definition

1) Upper classes

2) Stayed the same

Term
What happened during the "first" Treaty of Paris?
Definition
France returns land from 1792 and Napoleon runs away to Elba
Term

What was the Goal of the Congress of Vienna?

Who were the Big 4?

Who was it led by?

Definition

1) Restore order basically

2) Prussia/Austria/Britain/Russia

2) Klemens von Metternich

Term
In the Congress of Vienna, who was the power returned to?
Definition

Bourbons/Ruling families

*to keep France controlled

Term
What did the Congress of Vienna Compensate for?
Definition
The countries that made sacrifices to defeat Napoleon were rewarded with land
Term

When balancing power, the Congress of Vienna made France surrounded by?

This strengthened?

This was to ensure what never happened again?

Which power remained growing?

Definition

1) Buffers

2) Prussia/Netherands

3) One power causes a war from being too strong

3) Britain/England

Term
What is known as the Hundred Days?
Definition
When Napoleon returns to France and gets support from the lower class/army
Term

How is Napoleon finally defeated?

Where is this at?

What happens to Napoleon?

Definition

1) Quadruple alliance sends Duke of Wellington to defeat him at

2) Waterloo

3) Banished to St. Helena and dies 1821

Term
What happened in the Second Treaty of Paris?
Definition
700 million Francs were paid because of the harshness against France
Term
What caused the balance of power in Europe to be stable until WWI?
Definition
Concert of Europe
Term
What were the positive effects of the Age of Napoleon?
Definition

1) Centralized government

2) Compromised with the Church

3) Positive ideas/reforms to Europe

Term
What were the negatives in the Age of Napoleon?
Definition

1) People became angry/rebellious/oppressive

2) Civil liberties were repressed

3) Suffering/destruction in ALL of Europe

Term
Age of Montesquieu did what for the French Revolution?
Definition

1) Const. Monarchy/LA

 

Term
Age of Rousseau did what for the French Revolution?
Definition
National Convention/Directory for a Republic (General Consensus)
Term
The Age of Voltaire inspired who?
Definition
Napoleon (public rights, toleration,) causing him to rise through the ranks as a result of talent/hard work.
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