9.3 rise of napoleon Flashcards
napoleon’s birthplace was in:
corsica, a mediterranean island
napoleon was educated in a:
famous military school, and he studied famous military campaigns
how did napoleon rise through the military ranks
he became a captain, a Brigadier general, and became a commander of the french armies in italy
napoleon won his troops’ support by:
his personal qualities
napoleon suggested attacking egypt because:
he knew the french could not carry out the invasion to britain
the battle of nile resulted in:
the british defeat of the french naval forces, and napoleon abandoning his army
napoleon overthrew the directory by:
taking part in the coup d’etat
consulate
a republic in which napoleon held absolute power
after two years as consul, napoleon..
crowned himself emperor Napoleon I
Napoleon’s stance in religion:
he wanted o make peace with the catholic church, and he believed in reason and felt that religion was a social convenience
napoleon decided to mend relations with the catholic church because:
most of france was catholic
both napoleon and the catholic church came to the agreement:
recognizing that catholicism was the religion of the majority of france
napoleon’s most famous domestic achievement was:
codifying french law
the most important code was this and provided:
it was the civil law code, it preserved many of the principles the revolutionaries had fought for, like equality, profession freedom, religious toleration, and abolishment of serfdom
napoleon created a bureaucracy of:
capable officials
napoleon’s new aristocracy
it created about 3,200 nobles, and rest were civil state officials, 22% were from old regime
what major reforms did napoleon keep from the revolution?
citizens were equal before the law, opening government careers
napoleon destroyed these revolutionary ideals:
liberty was replaced by a despotism; he shut down french newspapers, banned books, manuscripts scrutinized before publishing
the battles of ulm, austerlitz, jena, and eylau resulted in:
napoleon’s army defeated austrian, prussian, and russian armies.
napoleon’s grand empire, 1-3:
- french empire (inner core, enlarged france), 2. dependent states (ruled by napoleon’s relatives), 3. allied states (defeated countries forces to join struggle against britain)
principles of french revolution that napoleon spread:
legal equality, religious toleration, economic freedom
what impact did the spread of principles have on the countries?
nobility and clergy lost special privileges
napoleon’s grand empire collapsed because of:
britain’s ability to resist napoleon/rise of nationalism
napoleon was unable to defeat the british because of;
britain’s sea power
what happened at the battle of trafalgar?
the british defeated the french-spanish fleet, ending napoleon’s plans for invasion
continental system:
to stop british goods from reaching the european continent to be sold there
the continental system fell because
allied states could not trade with the british, some began to cheat and some resisted
nationalism:
sense of unique identity of a people based on common language, religion, and national symbols
nationalism caused napoleon’s empire to fall because:
conquered people became united in their hared of the invaders
