Napoleon Bonaparte Ch.9 Flashcards
Napoleons reforms????
- Paying off debt
- Made peace with Catholic Church
- Gave more rights to people
- Napoleonic code
Napoleon Bonaparte???
- young military leader who agreed with jacobins
- won battles against Russia, Austria, and England
- hid loss of Egypt campaign from news papers
How did Napoleon pay off debt???
- set prices on goods
- built roads and canals
- sold Louisiana territory to US
- main goal was to rebuild the economy
How did Napoleon make peace with the Catholic Church??
- made deal with the pope stating the Catholic Church is allowed back in France if the land taken during French Revolution does not have to be returned
How did Napoleon give more rights to people? B
Emigres
- can return to Paris if they take oath of loyalty
Bourgeoise
- more jobs were available to them that were nobles
Rural peasants
- right to keep land they gained during revolution
What is the napoleonic code???
- a code Napoleon created
- positives: equality for all citizens, toleration of all religions, and advancement made by merit
- negatives: males authority over wives, valued order and authority over individual rights
Annexed????
To take a piece of land and add it too your own
Napoleons exile???
He is exiled the first time to alba because he lost so many men in Russia and steps down from the throne but then he escapes Elba and then looses the battle of Waterloo and then is exiled to st Helena where he dies
What was the main goal of the congress of Vienna???
To establish long lasting peace in Europe
What were the problems when the congress created the German confederation???
They didn’t look at the culture of the people living in those areas