Napoleon Flashcards
Emigres
People who fled France during the revolution
Napoleonic code
Reassured equality of all male citizens in law and security of wealth/private property
Concordant of 1801
Deal between the pope and Napoleon
1st coalition
To stop the Revolution, Austria and Prussia, fails
2nd coalition
Napoleon invaded Egypt
Austria Prussia Russia and Great Britain try to stop revolution and restore monarchy
fails and Napoleon becomes first consul for life
1804
Napoleon declares himself emperor
3rd coalition
Napoleon becoming emperor provokes them
to stop Napoleon and restore the monarchy
fails and Napoleon takes control of whole continent
Alexander I
Russian king, battle of Friedland
Francis II
Austrian king
Confederation of the Rhine
Established by Napoleon
union of German states
not Austria Prussia and Saxony
established after Austerlitz
Coup d’état of Brumaire
Ends directory and rips up the constitution
Napoleon gains power
Treaty of Tilsit
Russia excepts Napoleon’s power in the West and Central Europe, and of Freidland
Grand empire
Height of Napoleon’s success, French empire and dependent states
Continental system
Blockade issued by Napoleon where no ship from Britain could dock at parts controlled by France
failed
hurt europe more than Britain
Guerilla warfare
Used by Spain in the peninsular war war
no rules
nontraditional