Napoleon Consolidation Of Power

Question 1

Why did Napoleon make changes to the judiciary system?

Answer 1

To ensure its loyalty and that any threats to his power be eradicated ASAP

Question 2

How were judges different under Napoleon?

Answer 2

Appointed by government for life and kept loyal by system of purges and close observation

Question 3

What was reintroduced in 1810?

Answer 3

System of arbitrary imprisonment without trial reintroduced very similar to lettres de cachet under ancient regime

Question 4

When was a law passed to reform the local government in France?

Answer 4

Feb 1800

Question 5

What were prefects similar to ?

Answer 5

Intendants under ancient regime

Question 6

Why was there little serious political opposition in France?

Answer 6

Because system was so controlled and organised

Any potential opposition leaders were tempted into government rewards

Question 7

What was the press expected to do ?

Answer 7

Act as an unquestioning mouthpiece of government

Question 8

In terms of press what did Napoleon do in Jan 1800

Answer 8

Reduced the number of political journals published in Paris from 73 to 13 and forbade production of new ones

Question 9

What were publishers forced to do?

Answer 9

Take out a license and swear oath of loyalty to government

Question 10

During the Italian campaign what Napoleon do in regards to art

Answer 10

Commissioned over 30 images of himself to be produced

Question 11

what happened at Austerlitz

Answer 11

December 1805

Napoleon’s 68,000 troops defeated almost 90,000 Russians and Austrians

• swung his forces southward in a wheeling movement that put the French at the Austrian rear while launching cavalry attacks through the Black Forest

Question 12

what happened at Leipzig

Answer 12

1813

• defeat for Napoleon, resulting in the destruction of what was left of French power in Germany and Poland
• gets cornered (final decisive battle)

Question 13

Egyptian Campaign

Answer 13

1798

purpose: strengthen France’s Middle Eastern trade and open a possible route of attack towards British India.

Failure:
- France did not have enough men to establish sufficient garrisons
- No French ships lost, 13 French ships lost (worst defeat)

Question 14

the peninsular war

Answer 14

(1807-1814) - the Spanish ulcer
- By 1808, Napoleon had installed his brother Joseph as the king of Spain and sent 118,000 soldiers across into Spain to insure his rule.
- Napoleon began to pull his troops from Spain in order to reinforce his army during the 1812 invasion of Russia

Question 15

war of the sixth coalition

Answer 15

(May 1814)

sixth coalition (European nations) defeated the First French Empire and drove Napoleon into exile on the island of Elba.