Napoleon Review

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Napoleon Review

• Unit 7

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Where did Napoleons navy lose to the British in
1805?

• TRAFALGAR

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Where was Napoleon first exiled?

• ELBA

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What is the Directory?

• THE REPUBLIC FORMED AFTER THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
  (COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY)

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What is the Consulate?

• THE GOVERNMENT MODELED AFTER ROME BY NAPOLEON

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When did the Empire begin? WHY?

• 1804-1815. NAPOLEON WANTED TO PASS POWER TO THE
  HIS HEIRS.

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How did Napoleon incorporate democracy into his
rule?

• HE HELD VOTES TO APPROVE HIS CONSTITUTIONS.

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How did Napoleon improve the finances of the
government?

• BANK OF FRANCE STREAMLINED TAXES

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What is Brumaire?

• THE MONTH OF NAPOLEONS COUP DETAT IN 1799

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When was Napoleon exiled to St. Helena?

• 1815 AFTER WATERLOO

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What as the Concert of Europe?

• PLEDGE BY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO OPPOSE LIBERALISM
  SUCH AS DEMOCRACY.

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What were 2 of the 3 goals of the Congress of
Vienna?

• 1. RESTORE BALANCE OF POWER. 2. RESTORE
  LEGITIMATE RULERS, 3. UPHOLD CONSERVATIVE POLITICS

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Who was the Duke of Wellington?

• BRITISH COMMANDER WHO DEFEATED NAPOLEON AT
  WATERLOO

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Which of the following battles is considered to
be Napoleons finest? Why? Ulm, Jena,
Austerlitz, Friedland, Moscow?

• AUSTERLITZ DEFEATED BOTH AUSTRIANS AND RUSSIANS
  WITH BRILLIANT STRATEGY THAT TRAPPED HIS ENEMIES

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Which statesman led the Congress of Vienna?

• KLEMENS VON METTERNICH

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Why did Napoleon create the Lycees?

• NATIONAL SCHOOLS TO TRAIN OFFICIALS AND LEADERS
  OF FRANCE. (POSITIONS GRANTED BY MERIT AND TALENT)

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What is a plebiscite?

• A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE.

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Why did Napoleon enact the Continental System?

• TO WEAKEN GREAT BRITAINS ECONOMY BY REFUSING TO
  BY HER GOODS.

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What is the significance of Toulon in the story
of Napoleon?

• IT WAS WHERE HE DEFEATED THE BRITISH NAVY USING
  UNCONVENTIONAL STRATEGY LAUNCHING HIS CAREER.

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How effective was Napoleons campaign in Egypt?

• MOSTLY DISASTEROUS, HE ABANDONS HIS TROOPS THERE,
  BUT WE GAINED THE ROSETTA STONE.

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Napoleon granted freedom of the press in his new
constitution under the Empire? True or False.

• FALSE, HE FEARED NEWSPAPERS.

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What is the significance of Waterloo?

• IT WAS WHERE THE ALLIES DEFEATED NAPOLEON ONE
  FINAL TIME.

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What general did Napoleon emulate when crossing
the Alps? WHY?

• HANNIBAL. ANOTHER BRILLIANT STRATEGIST AND DARING
  LEADER.

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Who became monarch after Napoleon?

• LOUIS XVIII

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How did Napoleon streamline the laws of France?

• CODE NAPOLEON. BASED ON EQUALITY, TOLERANCE, AND
  LIBERTY. SIMPLIFIED THE LEGAL CODE.

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Describe Napoleons interaction with America
during this time period.

• HE SOLD THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY

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Describe how Napoleons early years influenced
career later.

• SHY, MOODY, BULLIED MAY HAVE GAVE HIM A STRONG
  DESIRE TO PROVE HIMSELF.

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Name two specific events or actions that
contributed to Napoleons speedy rise to
celebrity status in France by 1799.

• NAPOLEON DEFENDS THE DIRECTORY FROM THE
  MONARCHISTS IN THE STREETS OF PARIS, THE ITALIAN
  CAMPAIGNS, THE SIEGE OF TOULON.

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What influence did Jacques-Louis David have on
France during this time period?

• HE MOLDED PUBLIC OPINION THROUGH HIS ARTWORK.

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How did Napoleon embody the principles of the
revolution in his government?

• EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW, TOLERANCE FOR RELIGION,
  ABOLISHED FEUDALISM, VOTE OF THE PEOPLE,
  POSITIONS BASED ON MERIT

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Why did the French people accept Napoleon not
once, but twice as their sole leader?

• HE WAS IMMENSELY POPULAR, BROUGHT GLORY,
  SECURITY, AND PROSPERITY TO FRANCE.

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What wERE the hundred days?

• THE DAYS OF NAPOLEONS RETURN AFTER HIS FIRST
  EXIL TO ELBA BUT BEFORE ST. HELENA.

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How does Napoleon want to be remembered?
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What was Napoleons fatal mistake?

• ATTACKING RUSSIA

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Why does Napoleon crown himself emperor?

• TO SYMBOLIZE WHO REALLY MADE HIM WHO HE HAS
  BECOME.

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Who was Horatio Nelson?

• BRITISH ADMIRAL WHO SUNK THE FRENCH FLEET IN 1798
  STRANDING NAPOLEON IN EGYPT AND AGAIN AT
  TRAFALGAR (1805)

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Name the members of the 2nd Coalition against
France?

• BRITAIN, TURKEY, RUSSIA, AUSTRIA

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WHAT WAS DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE 2ND AND 3RD
COALITIONS AGAINST FRANCE?

• MINUS TURKEY, ADD SWEDEN (AND LATER PRUSSIA)

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Name the measure that restored Peace between the
Catholic Church and France?

• THE CONCORDAT