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france-ch17(pt.2) Flashcards

1
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controlled France through terror and violence

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Committee of Public Safety

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led the Committee of Public Safety

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Maximilien Robespierre

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3
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how many people were executed during the Reign of Terror

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About 40,000

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4
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the “Reign of Terror” was bloodiest at the same time that ______ was at its peak

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Atheism

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5
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executed by a guillotine in 1794

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Robespierre

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rejected Scripture and viewed God as an impersonal being revealed only in nature that must be sought through men’s reason

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Deism

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6
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replaced the Committee of Public Safety

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The Directory

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7
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Led the French army in campaigns in France, Italy, and Egypt during the Revolution

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Napoleon

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Date that Napoleon overthrew France’s government and established the Consulate

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1799

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9
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Napoleon overthrew France’s government and established what form of government?

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Consulate

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10
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Napoleon became the ____ of france

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dictator

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an election in which the people express their will

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Plebiscite

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12
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Napoleon brought peace through his law code called _____

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Code Napoleon

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13
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formal agreement with the pope that made peace with the Catholic Church

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Concordat

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14
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Napoleon’s most significant accomplishment

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Concordat

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15
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In 1805, Napoleon crowned himself _____ of the French

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emperor

16
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Napoleon sold the _________ to the United States as a result of a slave revolt in Haiti

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Louisiana Territory

17
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where was the slave revolt

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Haiti

18
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England defeated Napoleon’s navy in the Mediterranean Sea

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Battle of Trafalgar (1805)

19
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greatest naval hero the world has ever known; led the British fleet to victory

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Lord Horatio Nelson

20
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Napoleon’s greatest military victory; he defeated the Russians and the Austrians

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Battle of Austerlitz

21
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Date that Napoleon controlled almost all of the land of Europe

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1812

22
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Napoleon ordered that any nation allied with France was not allowed to trade with England

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Continental System

23
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withdrew Russia from the Continental system in 1812

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Czar Alexander I

24
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Napoleon’s greatest enemy in the Russian invasion

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the weather/the Russian winter

25
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Europe defeated Napoleon’s broken army

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Battle of Leipzig/ “Battle of Nations”

26
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Napoleon was exiled to the island of ____ and _____ was crowned king

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Elba
Louis XVIII

27
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Napoleon’s final defeat

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Battle of Waterloo

28
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second/final exile of Napoleon

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St. Helena

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