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Coup against Directory government in France

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1799

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Napoleon named First Consul

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1799

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Napoleon signs concordat with the pope

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1801

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Napoleon is crowned emperor of France

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1804

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Napoleon issues new Civil Code

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1804

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British naval forces defeat French at the battle of Trafalgar

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1805

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Napoleon wins his greatest victory at the battle of Austerlitz

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1805

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French invade and occupy Spain and Portugal

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1807 - 1814

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Napoleon invades Russia

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1812

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Congress of Vienna

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1814 - 1815

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Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo and exiled to island of St.Helena

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1815

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Napoleon dies

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1821

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Mary Shelley Frankenstein

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1818

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Revolt of liberal army forces against Spanish crown

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1820

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Ludwig van Beethoven, Ninth Symphony

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1824

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Russian army officers demand constitutional reform in Decembrist Revolt

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1825

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Greece gains its independence from Ottoman Turks

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1830

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Rebels overthrow Charles X of France and install Louis-Philippe

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1830

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Rebellion in Poland against Russia fails

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1830

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English Parliament passes Reform Bill

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1832

21
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Which year Napoleon was crowned emperor?

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1804

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Which year was the end of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation?

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1806

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Which year the Congress of Vienna took place?

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1814 - 1815

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What was the Holy Alliance?

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An alliance formed by Russia, Prussia, and Austria, after the Congress of Vienna, to uphold religious and monarchical values in Europe after ghettos defeat of Napoleon

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Which effects had Napoleon on France and on Europe?

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  • Napoleonic Wars: Leg to territory changes, political realignments, and battles across the continent
  • Expanded the French empire (italy, spain, germany, netherlands), dissolved the holy roman empire
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Which year Napoleon held his campaign against Russia?

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1812

27
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What was the Code Civil?

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A body of laws designed to direct and fix socials, familial and commercial relations between men of the same city left by Napoleon (believed in superiority of father and husband)

28
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Napoleon Bonaparte

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The French general who became First Consul in 1799 and emperor (Napoleon I) in 1804

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First Consul

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The most important of the three consuls established by the French Constitution of 1800

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Civil Code

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Ensured equal treatment under the law to all men and guaranteed religious liberty, but it curtailed many rights of women.

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Congress of Vienna

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Face-to-face negotiations (1814–1815) between the great powers to settle the boundaries of European states and determine who would rule each nation
after the defeat of Napoleon.

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conservatism

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it rejected much of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, preferring monarchies over republics, tradition over revolution, and established religion over Enlightenment skepticism.

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Reform Bill of 1832

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A measure passed by the British Parliament to increase the number of male voters by about 50 percent and give representation to new cities in the north

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In what ways did Napoleon continue the French Revolution, and in what ways did he break with it?

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He continued to change everyday life in France. enlightenment ideas and equality among men were upheld.

He believed in promotion due to talent rather than birth. Passed laws to allow easier access for the lower class.

The Civil Code reinforced liberty, choice of profession, and religious worship.

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Why was Napoleon able to gain control over so much of Europe’s territory?

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Used both political and military techniques previously unseen.

Funded the war with money from sister kingdoms and annexed countries.

He fed the army numbers with forced drafts to keep the army huge and unstoppable.

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To what extent did the Congress of Vienna restore the old order?

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Old territories restored to original rulers and boundaries.

France was restored to a monarchy,

German confederation was united again

Poland reappeared on the map.

37
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What was the long-term significance of Napoleon for Europe?

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-Created Continental system
-Civil Codes
-Bureaucracy
-Kept ideals of revolution going
-Caused many other revolutions

38
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What best explains Napoleon’s fall from power: apathy at home, resistance to his rule, or military defeat?

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Military defeat because of the battle of Waterloo and defeat against Russia; not well equipped, lost multiple times so he lost support

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In what ways did Metternich succeed in holding back the revolutionary legacy? In what ways did he fail?

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  • Support for conservatism, led up diplomacy in Europe in congress of Vienna by creating peace and treaties, censorship
  • Revolutionary vibes could not be crushed, people were more driven to push ideals
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How did the revolts and rebellions of the 1820s reflect the revolutionary legacy? In what ways did they move in new directions?

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Simón Bolívar led many successful Latin American Revolutions created free nations free from empire (independent republics)

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