Napoleon Flashcards

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Emigres

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People who fled France during the revolution

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Napoleonic code

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Reassured equality of all male citizens in law and security of wealth/private property

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Concordant of 1801

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Deal between the pope and Napoleon

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1st coalition

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To stop the Revolution, Austria and Prussia, fails

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2nd coalition

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Napoleon invaded Egypt
Austria Prussia Russia and Great Britain try to stop revolution and restore monarchy
fails and Napoleon becomes first consul for life

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1804

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Napoleon declares himself emperor

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3rd coalition

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Napoleon becoming emperor provokes them
to stop Napoleon and restore the monarchy
fails and Napoleon takes control of whole continent

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Alexander I

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Russian king, battle of Friedland

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Francis II

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Austrian king

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Confederation of the Rhine

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Established by Napoleon
union of German states
not Austria Prussia and Saxony
established after Austerlitz

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Coup d’état of Brumaire

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Ends directory and rips up the constitution

Napoleon gains power

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Treaty of Tilsit

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Russia excepts Napoleon’s power in the West and Central Europe, and of Freidland

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Grand empire

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Height of Napoleon’s success, French empire and dependent states

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Continental system

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Blockade issued by Napoleon where no ship from Britain could dock at parts controlled by France
failed
hurt europe more than Britain

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Guerilla warfare

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Used by Spain in the peninsular war war
no rules
nontraditional

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Metternich

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Austrias foreign minister

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Treaty of chaumont

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Austria and Prussia desert Napoleon and join Great Britain and Russia

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Elba

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Napoleon sent here after first abdication

island off of Italy

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Louis XVIII

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Bourbon, put on the throne after Napoleon’s abdication
agrees to constitutional charter
fleas when Napoleon returns
returns to the throne after Napoleon was imprisoned

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Hundred days

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Frantic period when Napoleon retook power

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St Helena

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Where Napoleon is sent after second abdication

off of Africa

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Battle of ulm

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Napoleon won

Forced Austrian forced to surrender

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Battle of trafalgar

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Great Britain won

Naval victory ends napoleons hope for invasion of Great Britain

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Battle of Austerlitz

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Napoleon won
Official end of the Holy Roman Empire
Napoleon establishes confederation of the Rhine

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Battles of Jena/Auerstadt

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Napoleon won

Defeats Prussian army and occupies Berlin

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Battle of Friedland

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Napoleon won
Forces Russians to negotiate
ends third coalition
treaty of Tilsit

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Peninsular war

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Duke of Wellington, Spain, Portugal win
five years of guerrilla warfare
failure for Napoleon trying to take over

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War of Wagram

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Napoleon wins
Defeats Austrian attempt to drive out French forces
takes land from Austria

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Battle of bordorio

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A draw

Napoleon enters Moscow after Alexander I withdraws from Continental system

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Battle of Leipzig

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Quadruple alliance wins

A war of liberation forces Napoleon to abdicate

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Battle of Waterloo

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Duke of Wellington wins (+ Prussia)

Forces Napoleon’s final abdication