Napoleom, Nationalism, and the Unifications of Germany and Italy Flashcards
Plebiscite
Written vote for Napoleon
Concordat of 1801
To help economy, Napoleon controlled price, encouraged industry, and made peace with Catholic Church (in Concordat)
Trafalgar
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Lord Nelson
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Continental System
Napoleon attacked Britain’s commerce, and waged economic warfare through it
Failed to bring down Britain
Scorched earth Policy
Russians fled when Napoleon invaded Russia and they burnt crops and villages along their way
Forced Napoleon to turn back home
Russian winter
Another word for the mass murder Napoleon brought when he invaded Russia
Abdicate
Step down from power
Battle of nations
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Elba
Island Napoleon was sent to in exile after Russian invasion
Louis XVIII
King during Napoleon’s exile in Elba
Was disliked
Waterloo
Battle that crushed Napoleon after he returned from Elba exile
Duke of Wellington
Is credited for defeating Napoleon at Waterloo
British
St. Helena
Island Napoleon was sent to exile after Waterloo
Napoleon died there
Napoleons Code (Code of Napoleon)
Reform that embodied enlightenment principles such as equality of all citizens before the law, religious toleration, and abolition of feudalism
Congress of Vienna
Leaders met in Vienna after Waterloo
10 months
They partied, little work got done
Had to restore stability and order in Europe after years of war
Clemens Von Metternich
Leader of COV
Wanted to restore how things were in 1792
From Autria
Charles Talleyrand
Representative from France
Played other leaders against each other so that France would be accepted as equal partner
Lord Castlereagh
Representative from Britain
Determined to prevent revival of French military power