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mainly focusing on Napoleons rule

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Nationalism
A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
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Of the 73 newspapers how many did the new Napoleonic government shutdown?
60
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The new nobility created by Napoleon mostly came from what group?
military officers
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Napoleonic code
A comprehensive and uniform system of laws was established for France by Napoleon

declared that citizens were equal but were a step back for women

the most famous domestic accomplishment of napoleon
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Trafalgar
1805 the brittish navy defeated france
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Where did the French strike at the British to try and limit their world power?
their trade an economy
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what things led to napoleon's down fall
growth of nationalism, brittish defeats
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Where was Napoleon born?
Corsica
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What three parts made up France's European Empire?
French Empire-inner core of the empire
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dependent states
kingdoms ruled by Napolean’s relatives
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allied states-
countries defeated by napoleons army
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the continental system
Napoleon's policy of preventing trade between Great Britain and continental Europe, intended to destroy Great Britain's economy.
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What year did Napoleon become the Commander of the French army?
1796
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Napoleon's accomplishments
\--made peace with the Roman Catholic Church

\--instituted the Code Napoleon, a civil code that guaranteed

equality before the law

\--rationalized and improved the French bureaucracy

\--made the continental system

\-shut down newspapers
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Great Retreat
After Napoleon invaded Russia they retreated and the Russians had burned down all the houses so Napoleons Grand Army didn't have any food and most of them starved on the way home.
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what was the beginning of Napoleon's downfall?
Tried to invade Russia
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Where was Napoleon exiled to the first time?wher
Elba
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What year did Napoleon die?
1821
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Battle of Waterloo
battle that Napoleon lost agianst brittian and prussia after his return from Elba that ended his reign as French ruler he was exiled to st helana
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Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley)
British soldier and statesman; he led the British troops against Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo
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Where did Napoleon die?
St. Helena
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When did Napoleon's second reign as Emperor begin?
1815
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congress of vienna
(1814-1815 CE) Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon.
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What three countries gained power after the Congress o Vienna
brittian prussia russia
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principle of intervention
idea that great powers have the right to send armies into countries where there are revolutions to restore legitimate governments
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who took control of france after napoleon
Louis XVIII
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many European liberals wanted governments to be ruled by what?
a constitution
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where was napoleon defeated
Waterloo in Belgium
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Who took control of France after Napoleon's defeat?
louie XVIII
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liberal beliefs
think we should be ruled by a constitution

like nationalism

think only men with property should vote

freedom could only be possible in people who ruled themselves. Each group of people should have its own state.
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What was a unified Germany seen as a threat to peace according to your book?
it would upset the balance in power
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liberalism
A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity.
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Francios Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture
...Leader of the Haitian revolution. Leader of a slave rebellion in Saint Domingue. Switched allegiance to the French when slavery was abolished.
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parts of napoleonic code
equality before the law

individual choice of job

religious toleration

abolished serfdom
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how did napoleon solidify power
shut down newspapers

banned books

officials could go through mail
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where did napoleon conquer
all of europe but britain and prussia
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what were the results of napoleon's changes in France to his conquered territories?
it left a vacuum of power that led to liberalism
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what protected England from France?
the english channel strong sea power- defeated france at trafalgar
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what did the continental system do
allied states could not trade with Britain

(markets in the middle east and Latin America were big impactors on the British economy)
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how did nationalism lead to napoleon's downfall?
people saw that unity could free them from their invaders (napoleon)
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What was the strategy napoleon used to defeat his main enemy
the continental system
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alexandria battle
Nelson defeated Napoleon's fleet leaving him stranded
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where did the battle of nations bring defeat to napoleon
Leipzig
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where were napoleon's first military victories
the italian peninsula
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scorched earth policy and who used it
Russia was burning down the army's supplies without directly fighting
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Nelson
British admiral of navy
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Battle of Nations
October 1813 at Leipzig in eastern Germany. The decisive defeat of the army of Napoleon by combined forces of Prussia, Austria, and Russia.
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how were Hitler and napoleon similar
Both spread their idea of nationalism

\-Both wanted to conquer and rule Europe

\-Both were undone by overreaching Russian weather.
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how did nationalism and liberalism change the world
idea of nationalism would change existing boundaries

\-The idea of liberalism would change who was in control of the government
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how did constitutionalism change the world
The idea of constitutionalism would change how laws were made and enforced