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Napoleon Forges an Empire
Napoleon Bonaparte,a miliary genius, seizes power in France and makes himself Emperor
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History
9th Grade
02/17/2011

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Napoleon Bonaparte
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born in Corsica, attends military school, joins army
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What happened in 1795?
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Napoleon defeats royalitst rebels with cannonade during National Convention.
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Horatio Nelson
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defeated Napoleon in Egypt
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Coup d' Etat
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'blow to state'
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Coup
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Seizure to power
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Britain,Austria, Russians
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join forces against Napoleon
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December 1804
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Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of France
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Toussaint de' Overture
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wins independence from France for Haiti
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Plebescite
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vote of the people
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Concordat
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agreement
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Napoleonic Code
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uniform system of laws by Napoleon
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Thomas Jefferson
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Napoleon sells Lousiana territory to who?
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$15 million
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How much was the Lousiana purchase?
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1803
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What year was the Lousiana purchase?
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Britian,Russia,Austria,Sweden
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join forces against Napoleon
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Battle of Alterlitz
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Napoleon crushes the allied forces with this battle.
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Battle of Trafalgar
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British naval fleets defeat Napoleon's forces ensuring Britain's naval superiority.
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1805
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year of Battle of Trafalgar
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Britain,Portugal, Ottoman empire, Sweden
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nations not controlled by Napoleon
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puppet governments
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Way Napoleon kept control over other countries
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1807 to 1812
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France was at its largest
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Josephine
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Napoleon's 1st wife
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Marie Louise
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related to Austrian royal family member Maria Antionette
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1811
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Napoleon II is born
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Continental System
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economic plan to strengthen Eurome, weaken Britain
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Blockade
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Napoleon strikes British through what?
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Intentions for Continental System
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to make Europe more 'self-sufficient'
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Commercial and Industrial industry
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what Napoleon wanted to destroy of Britian
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Louis
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King of Holland against French blockade on British
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Guerrilas
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small groups that attacked and then disappear
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British
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Aids guerillas during the Peninsular War
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Napoleon loses how many during Peninsular war?
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300,000
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Iberian Peninsula
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Spain is located here, resulting in the name :Peninsular war
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What happened June 18, 1812?
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Napoleon marches 420,000 men into Russia
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scorched-earth policy
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burning crops and killing livestock so the enemy will starve while Russian troops retreated
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What happened September of 1812
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Russians retreat from Moscow after Battle of Borodino
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What was the condition of Moscow seven days after the Battle of Borodino?
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Burning and destroyed
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hunger, cold weather, and exhaustion
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conditions leading to the dramatic loss of Napoleon's men
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How many men successfully escaped Russia after the war?
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10,000
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What countries join forces against Napoleon?
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Britain, Prussia, Sweden, Russia, and Austria
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What happened in the month of January 1814?
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Allied forces defeats Napoleon outisde of Leipzig,Germany
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Napoleon finally surrenders and is exiled to the island of what?
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Elba
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Frederick William III and Alexander I
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paraded through France after Napoleon's expulsion
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Louis XVIII
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new king that is disliked by the French
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Waterloo, Belgium
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British,Prussia forces defeat Napoleon's army
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Hundred days
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Napoleon's last attempt at power
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Where was Napoleon sent the 2nd time?
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St.Helena
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Cancer
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Napoleon probably died from this
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