Napoleon's Rise & Domestic Reforms. 3
What sudden seizure of political power in November 1799 allowed Napoleon to overthrow the Directory?
Coup d'état
What vast North American territory did Napoleon sell to U.S. President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 for $15 million?
Louisiana Territory
What was Napoleon's failed policy of setting up a naval blockade to prevent trade between Great Britain and continental Europe?
The Continental System
To which Mediterranean island was Napoleon first exiled in 1814 after surrendering to Allied forces?
Elba
Who was the Austrian foreign minister who served as the primary architect and most influential figure at the Congress of Vienna?
Prince Klemens von Metternich
What was the 1800 vote of the people that approved a new constitution giving First Consul Napoleon total executive power?
Plebiscite
Who was the leader of the slave revolt in Saint Domingue (Haiti) that defeated French forces and disrupted Napoleon's American colonial empire?
Toussaint L'Ouverture
In which Iberian conflict did Napoleon lose 300,000 men fighting against Spanish peasant guerrillas?
The Peninsular War
What name is given to the brief period in 1815 when Napoleon escaped exile and reclaimed the French throne?
The Hundred Days
Which Metternich goal aimed to structure European relations so that no single country could pose a threat to others?
Balance of Power
What government-run public schools were established by Napoleon to train government officials based on merit?
Lycées
What 1805 naval defeat forced Napoleon to abandon his plans to invade Great Britain?
Battle of Trafalgar
Into which country did Napoleon march over 420,000 soldiers in 1812, resulting in the destruction of his Grand Army?
Russia
At what battle on June 18, 1815, was Napoleon permanently defeated by British and Prussian armies?
Battle of Waterloo
What principle restored the hereditary royal rulers ousted by Napoleon back to their thrones?
Legitimacy
What agreement did Napoleon sign with Pope Pius VII to restore state-controlled relations with the Catholic Church?
Concordat
Which British Admiral led the fleet that defeated the combined French fleet at Trafalgar?
Admiral Horatio Nelson
What military practice did retreating Russian forces use, burning fields and slaughtering livestock to deprive the French army of food?
Scorched-earth policy
Who was the British commander who, alongside Prussian troops, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo?
Duke of Wellington
What alliance system was created by Metternich to suppress future democratic revolutions across Europe?
Concert of Europe
What uniform system of laws did Napoleon establish in France prior to crowning himself Emperor in 1804?
Napoleonic Code
Trafalgar ensured naval supremacy for 100 years for which European nation?
Great Britain
Roughly how many surviving soldiers remained in Napoleon's Grand Army after retreating from Moscow in the winter?
10,000 soldiers
To which remote island in the South Atlantic was Napoleon exiled second, where he spent his final years until 1821?
St. Helena
Which league was signed by Austria, Prussia, and Russia to combat revolution using Christian principles?
The Holy Alliance