Napoleon Flashcards
4 years 4 governments
Absolute monarch
constitutional monarch
Reign of terror
The directory
what was the consul and how did it come about?
The consul was a republic but napoleon had absolute power, he appointed officials controlled the army conducted for feign affairs etc and was friend with Napoleon took part of the coup détat that overthrew the directory
how did he do well
he restored economic prosperity by controlling prices, encouraging new industry and building roads and canals
he was a believed of the enlightenment and in the philosophy of reason
the napoleonic code
- equality of all citizens before the law
- a man could choose his profession
- religious tolerance
- abolition of serfdom (slaves)
- no rights for women
- now divorces (in line of the catholic doctrine)
how did napoleon get the church power
recognised religious freedom for all catholics
what was his slogan
order security and efficiency
he practiced meritocracy what was that
the idea that you get where you are not by who you are but how you achieve
1808-1814 what did that entail for men
it gave men who never had the opportunity to participate in the governance of the country an opportunity too
what were the bad things about napoleon
he limited freedom of speech
shut down 60 of the 73 news papers
he controlled all the mail, and read it so that he could control rumours as well as prevent treason and plots to overthrow them
banned books that didn’t go with his ideals
what was napoleons grand empire composed of
- The french empire which was an enlarged france and inner core of european states (ruled by napoleons relatives)
- Allied states which were countries that were conquered by Napoleons and then forced to join the struggle against great britain
what napoleon try to spread in his empire
he tried to spread some of the principals of the french revolution including legal equality religious tolerance and economic freedom he tried to destroy the old order
what happened to his empire
it collapsed as quickly as it was built
the challenges that napoleons empire faced
- Resistance in Spain (he put his brother on the throne which only intensified the resistance)
- War with Austria : ended up marrying the austrian princess
- The invasion of russia
- Rumours of the massive loss napoleon has taken from the fission spread
what was the great retreat and why did it happen
when russia decided to pull out of the continental system which was in direct defiance of napoleon napoleon decided to make an example of them
he invaded russia but attacked in the summer and left in the winter and practiced the scorched earth policy and it was the dumbest idea yet and caused the great retreat and 97% of napoleons army died and he lost his power
the battle of the nations
they defeat of napoleon by russia prussia austria and great britain
