Napoleon

Where is napoleon from, his social standing?

Corsica, third estate

is napoleon liked by others

YESSS

Plebiscite

People are able to vote yes/no on topics of govt.

Consulate

Napoleon’s govt, monarch with a govt.

Concordant of 1801

Napoleon tried to get connections with church so that emigres would come back (they were source of money)

Battle of trafalgar

British vs. french + spanish

SUNK FRENCH FLEET

Continental system

Nobody should trade with britian so their trade decreases

Who didnt follow continental system and why

Russia, because they were a major trading partner with britain

grand army

600,000 french soldiers marched from france → russia (BC NAPOLEON MADD)

Winter in russia

it was very cold and harsh, much of grand army died

Battle of nations

Austria, prussia, russia team up on napoleon

Result of battle of nations

DEFEAT NAPOLEON

Abdicate

b/c napoleon lost, he gives up power and runs away

Where does napoleon go after he abdicates

Elba

Did napoleon escape elba

YA, he became the emperor of it (remeber that he is very liked by the poeple)

Louis XVIII

Made french troops fight napoleon

What happened to the french troops that Louis XVIII sent to fight napoleon

With power of friendship by napoleon, french troops sided with napoleon

Waterloo + result

Napoleon fights britain and prussians → britian and prussian win with strategies

Where is napoleon sent to

St. Helena

Congress of vienna

Tried to solve matter of legitamacy

What was bad about congress of vienna

Lied about freedom

What happened after congress of vienna lied about giving freedom

People revolt

What was fhe good effect of the congress of vienna

Enlightenment was spread to whole european world

Leader of congress of vienna?

Clemens von metternich

What is the problem of legitimacy

Who is ruler after napoleon?

How was the problem of legitimacy solved

Rulers put back to how they were in 1792