Napoleon and the War of the Coaltitions

What was the name of the new form of government that replaced the Committe of Public Safety?

Directory

Where was Napoleon from?

Corsica

What was Napoleon’s area of expertise at his military school?

artillery

What was the name of Napoleon’s first wife?

Josephine

Where did the Directory send Napoleon because they were afraid of his growing popularity>

Egypt

What was the name of the battle where Napoleon destroyed the Egyptian army?

Battle of the Pyramids

What was the name of the naval battle where the British navy destroyed the French navy while Napoleon was in Egypt?

Battle of the Nile

What was the name of the British admiral during the Battle of the Nile?

Horatio Nelson

What did the French discover while they were in Egypt?

The Rosetta Stone

What was the date that Napoleon and Abbe Sieyes overthrew the Directory?

18 of Brumaire

What was the war that Napoleon won resulting in peace in France for an extended period of time?

War of the Second Coalition

What was the name of the new government that Napoleon established?

ConsulateW

What was the agreement that Napoleon made with the Catholic church?

Concordant of 1801

What was the name of the new set of rules that Napoleon established in France?

Napoleonic Code

What was the name of the Battle in the War of the Second Coalition where Napoleon surprised the Austrian army by crossing the Alps?

Battle of Marengo

When did Napoleon sell the Louisiana territory to the United States?

1803

How much did Napoleon sell the Louisiana territory for?

11 million

Whose coronation ceremony did Napoleon’s echo?

Charlemagne

Who was the famous composer who dedicated one of his compositions to Napoleon?

Beethoven

What was the name of the major naval battle where Horatio Nelson gave his life?

Battle of Trafalgar

What was the name Napoleon’s highest elite army?

La Grande Armee

What was the name of the Battle where Napoleon beat the Austrians simply by marching?

Battle of the Ulm

What was the name of the treaty where Napoleon formed a close relationship with Czar Alexander I of Russia?

Treaty of Tilsit

What was the name of the Battle that ended the War of the Third Coalition?

Battle of Austerlitz

Which country started the war of the Fourth Coatlion?

Prussia

What was the Europe-wide embargo on Britain’s goods?

Continental System

What was the name of the Spanish monarch who overtook his father and became the new ruler of the country?

Ferdinand VII

What was the first Polish state since the partition of 1795?

Grand Dutchy of Warsaw

Who did Napoleon originally declare war on during the Peninsular War?

Portugal

What was the name of Ferdinand VII’s father?

Charles

Who started the War of the Fifth Coalition?

Austria

What was the name of Napoleon’s second wife?

Marie Louise

What was the name of Napoleon’s heir?

Napoleon II

What was the major Russian city that Napoleon found burned to the ground?

Moscow

What was the single bloodiest battle in the Napoleonic era?

Battle of Borodino

What was the Battle in the war of the Sixth Coalition that Napoleon barly won?

Battle of Lutzen

What was the name of thee “Battle of the Nations” that ended the War of the Sixth Coaltion?

Battle of Leipzig

What was the name of the island that Napoleon was exiled to following the War of the Sixth Coaltion?

Elba

What was the name of the new monarch after Napoleon?

Louis XVIII

Who was the War of the Seventh Coalition declared on?

Napoleon himself

What was the name of the Battle where Napoleon suffered his greatest defeat?

Battle of Waterloo

What was the name of the island that Napoleon was exiled to after the War of the Seventh Coaltion?

St Helena

What were Napoleon’s last words?

Josephine