19-5 Key Terms Flashcards
Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley head of British army sent to help Spain fight France
Joseph Bonaparte
Napoleons brother who was the Spanish king for a while
Marie Louis
Princess of Austria, later married to Napoleon
Scorched earth policy
To stop the French army, the Russians retreated east, deeper into their country, and burned everything in the Frenchs path to deprive them of shelter and food
Waterloo
A town in Belgium where on June 18, 1815, Nopoleons final battle was held and British troops under the command of the Prussian General Blucher crushed him and his army.
Clemmens Von Metternich
Prince of Austria who was one of the few who was chosen for the Congress of Vienna
Quadruple alliance
The post-war alliance formed by Britian, Austria, Prussia, Russia
Guerrilla warfare
Hit and run war tactics
Abdicate
To step down from power
Legitimacy
The restoration of original monarchs that Napoleon or the French Revolution unseated