Who Was Napoleon
This Was where he was Born
What is Corsica
The three major parts of Napoleon's grand empire
What was the French Empire, the Dependent States and the Allied States
The Continental System was designed to
What is stop British Trade with Europe
At Waterloo in 1815, Napoleon met his final defeat at the hands of this British commander.
Who is the Duke of Wellington?
This “-ism” is the belief that people should be as free as possible from government restraints.
What is liberalism?
A clear unified Legal system that applied equally to all citizens (except women lost rights)
What are the Civil Codes or Napoleonic Codes
This economic strategy tried to weaken Britain by closing European ports to British goods,
What is the Continental System?
French Citizens approved of Napoleon because
What is he restored order to France (Civil Code)
This principle gave Europe’s great powers the right to send armies into countries experiencing revolutions to restore monarchs to their thrones.
What is the principle of intervention?
His army found this incredibly important artifact while in Egypt
What is the Rosetta Stone
The main purpose of the Civil Code
What is a set of laws that applied to all citizens (to end the estate systems)
When Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, he marched with this massive army, the largest Europe had ever seen at the time.
What is 600,000 men?
These two forces—one an island nation that resisted Napoleon, the other a powerful loyalty to one’s country—were the main reasons his Grand Empire collapsed.
What are Great Britain and nationalism?
After Napoleon’s defeat, Metternich argued these rulers should be restored to their rightful thrones.
What are lawful monarchs?
This government was in power when Napoleon staged his coup d'etat
What was the Directory
He sold this back to America for 15 million Dollars, helping France's economy
What is the Louisiana Purchase
To weaken Napoleon’s army in 1812, Russia used this tactic—destroying crops and villages so the French could not live off the land.
What is the Scorched Earth policy?
Napoleon will be sent to two islands for exile because of this reason
What is he is seen as a threat and he lost allies
Meeting in 1814–1815, the main goal of the Congress of Vienna was to restore peace and maintain this political principle in Europe.
What is the balance of power?
A coup d'etat is
What is a military take over of a government
He created this title for himself
What is Emperor Napoleon the First
40,000
What is how many men Napoleon will come back to Poland with
These ideas of Napoleons will have many long term effects in Europe
What are Revolutionary Ideas, like the civil code, and new borders
The Congress of Vienna attempted to restore a balance power in Europe by
What is redrawing the map of Europe?