Impact of Napoleon's rule on France Flashcards
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Plebiscite of 1800
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- Opportunity to legitimise Coup of Brumaire
- Votes declared in public
- 25% of electorate voted
- 99.9% voted in favour of constitution
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Consul for Life
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- 1802
- Senate offered NB ‘Consul for Life’ and right to name his heir
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Emperor status
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- 1804
- NB accepted title of ‘Emperor of the French’
- Due to ‘pressure of public opinion’
4
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Where and when was Napoleon crowned Emperor
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- 1804
- Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
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Senatus Consultum
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- 1801
- Blocked Tribunate and Legislative Body
- Offered his supporters positions in Senate
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Napoleon’s purge of government
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- 1802
- After criticism of his laws
- Removed 20 from Tribunate
- Removed 60 from Legislative Body
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Napoleon changing voting qualifications
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- 1802
- Changed constitution of Year X
- Gave more political power to Notables
8
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What happened to the Tribunate under Napoleon
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Abolished in 1810
9
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Treatment of Jacobins under Napoleon
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- Spies targeted potential Jacobin groups
- 1801: 129 Jacobin leaders arrested and deported to Seychelles
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Treatment of Royalists under Napoleon
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- 1800: Comte de Provence assured he would not return to France
- 1800: General Brune sent to suppress royalist rebels in Britanny, 6000 prisoners taken and 750 shot
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Comte de Provence
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Brother of Louis XVI
12
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Order of the Legion d’Honneur
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- 1802
- Military and civil award
- 32,000 awarded
- 1500 to civilians
13
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Imperial Nobility
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- Established 1808
- Awarding of titles
- Ministers, senators, archbishops…
- 59% titles given to military men
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Napoleon’s education reforms
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- 45 lycées set up
- 1808: Imperial University
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What were Lycées
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- Selective boarding schools
- Future military and civilian personnel
- 2400/6400 places went to sons of soldiers and civil personnel
