9.3 rise of napoleon

Question 1

napoleon’s birthplace was in:

Answer 1

corsica, a mediterranean island

Question 2

napoleon was educated in a:

Answer 2

famous military school, and he studied famous military campaigns

Question 3

how did napoleon rise through the military ranks

Answer 3

he became a captain, a Brigadier general, and became a commander of the french armies in italy

Question 4

napoleon won his troops’ support by:

Answer 4

his personal qualities

Question 5

napoleon suggested attacking egypt because:

Answer 5

he knew the french could not carry out the invasion to britain

Question 6

the battle of nile resulted in:

Answer 6

the british defeat of the french naval forces, and napoleon abandoning his army

Question 7

napoleon overthrew the directory by:

Answer 7

taking part in the coup d’etat

Question 8

consulate

Answer 8

a republic in which napoleon held absolute power

Question 9

after two years as consul, napoleon..

Answer 9

crowned himself emperor Napoleon I

Question 10

Napoleon’s stance in religion:

Answer 10

he wanted o make peace with the catholic church, and he believed in reason and felt that religion was a social convenience

Question 11

napoleon decided to mend relations with the catholic church because:

Answer 11

most of france was catholic

Question 12

both napoleon and the catholic church came to the agreement:

Answer 12

recognizing that catholicism was the religion of the majority of france

Question 13

napoleon’s most famous domestic achievement was:

Answer 13

codifying french law

Question 14

the most important code was this and provided:

Answer 14

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

Question 15

napoleon created a bureaucracy of:

Answer 15

capable officials

Question 16

napoleon’s new aristocracy

Answer 16

it created about 3,200 nobles, and rest were civil state officials, 22% were from old regime

Question 17

what major reforms did napoleon keep from the revolution?

Answer 17

citizens were equal before the law, opening government careers

Question 18

napoleon destroyed these revolutionary ideals:

Answer 18

liberty was replaced by a despotism; he shut down french newspapers, banned books, manuscripts scrutinized before publishing

Question 19

the battles of ulm, austerlitz, jena, and eylau resulted in:

Answer 19

napoleon’s army defeated austrian, prussian, and russian armies.

Question 20

napoleon’s grand empire, 1-3:

Answer 20

1. 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)

Question 21

principles of french revolution that napoleon spread:

Answer 21

legal equality, religious toleration, economic freedom

Question 22

what impact did the spread of principles have on the countries?

Answer 22

nobility and clergy lost special privileges

Question 23

napoleon’s grand empire collapsed because of:

Answer 23

britain’s ability to resist napoleon/rise of nationalism

Question 24

napoleon was unable to defeat the british because of;

Answer 24

britain’s sea power

Question 25

what happened at the battle of trafalgar?

Answer 25

the british defeated the french-spanish fleet, ending napoleon’s plans for invasion

Question 26

continental system:

Answer 26

to stop british goods from reaching the european continent to be sold there

Question 27

the continental system fell because

Answer 27

allied states could not trade with the british, some began to cheat and some resisted

Question 28

nationalism:

Answer 28

sense of unique identity of a people based on common language, religion, and national symbols

Question 29

nationalism caused napoleon’s empire to fall because:

Answer 29

conquered people became united in their hared of the invaders