Final Exam

Question 1

Moscow

Answer 1

• Captured by French Sept. 14 1812
• City deserted–not supplies or equipment
• Army disintegrates
• No surrender as French expected
• Mass arson (from Russian prisoners)
• Mid October Withdrawal

Question 2

The 6th Coalition

Answer 2

• Feb. 1813: Prussia sides w/ Russia against France
• Side Deal: Duchy of Warsaw goes to Russia
• March 1813: Alliance b/w Sweden and Britain
• April 1813: Treaty b/w Sweden and Russia

Question 3

Leipzig

Answer 3

October 16-19, 1813

• Leipzig=vital river crossing in Germany
• Battle of the all the Nations
• Oct. 18 Napoleon’s offer of armistice rejected
• Collapse of Napoleon’s coalition troops
• Retreat across Elster River

Question 4

Treaty of Chaumont

Answer 4

March 1814

• Alliance of 6th Coalition will remain until the defeat of Napoleon
• Discord within the coalition: defeat of Napoleon or the capture of Paris the goal?
• What will the post-war map look like?

Question 5

Louis XVIII

Answer 5

• Grandson of Louis XV

- March 19, 1815: Flees Paris

Question 6

Treaty of Paris

Answer 6

May 1814

• Restoration of the 1792 boundaries.
• Restoration of the Bourbon dynasty (Louis XVIII)
• No indemnity imposed on France.
• Federation of independent German states- like Confederation of the Rhine, but under Prussian influence.
• Restoration of most of the colonies lost since 1792.
• Duchy of Warsaw subsumed into Russian influence.

Question 7

War of 1812

Answer 7

• The Plan: Maybe attack Canada?
• U.S unprepared: militas not fighting out of states, few weapons and supplies
• New England still supplying GB

Question 8

100 Days

Answer 8

• Time between Napoleon’s exile on Elba/return to Paris and second restoration of Bourbon monarchy
• Napoleon Part II
• Escapes from Elba: 26 Feb 1815

Question 9

Metternich

Answer 9

• Represented Austria in Congress of Vienna

Question 10

Charter of 1814

Answer 10

• During restoration of Bourbons

- Occurred at the insistence of the allies in Paris for the need of social stability.

Question 11

Talleyrand

Answer 11

• Negotiated with Alexander (won’t speak to any Bonapartes)

- Represented France in Congress of Vienna

Question 12

Marshal Michel Ney

Answer 12

• Switches side a lot: keeps job when Bourbons take over, joins Napoleon during 100 days (March 14)

Question 13

Marie Louise

Answer 13

• Doesn’t go with Napoleon into exile

Question 14

Bladensburg

Answer 14

• Part of War of 1812
• 24 August 1814
• American defeat//Brits capture and burn Washington

Question 15

Battle of Vitoria

Answer 15

• 21 June 1813
• French v. Spain, Portugal, Britain
• Allied victory

Question 16

Nationalism

Answer 16

• Ideals of the French Revolution such as the idea of “liberty, equality, fraternity”
• N. justified French expansionism and French military campaigns on the claim that France had the right to spread the enlightened ideals of the French Revolution across Europe
• “natural borders.”
• Napoleon’s invasions of other nations had the effect of spreading the concept of nationalism outside of France.

Question 17

Duchy of Warsaw

Answer 17

• Would offer Russia security (twice had been invaded through Poland)