Napoleon Flashcards
Napoleon
French emperor (1799-1815)
Elba
place where Napoleon was exiled (1814)
Berlin Decrees
created by Napoleon (1806) prohibited allies from importing British goods
Guerilla Warfare
first emerged in Spain. Napoleon’s communications and supply lines and troops attacked by Spanish guerrillas
Final defeat of Napoleon
The Battle of Waterloo. Took place in Belgium (June 18, 1815). Defeated by Duke of Wellington.
Military officer
with the army of Revolutionary France in Egypt
Why did Napoleon devise the Continental System?
created (1806-1807) (ended April 11, 1814). Devised to try and choke England economically.
Napoleon’s economic warfare caused
undeclared sea battle between France and U.S. (1790s)
Napoleon and army experienced cold and devastation in what nation?
Russia. Invaded (1812). Fought for six months and were defeated by Russia.