Napoleon: Consulate and Empire Flashcards
What were the main features of the constitution of 1799?
Was the constitution based on representative government?
How was power distributed during the Consulate?
Why did the Consulship give way to the Empire?
How did Napoleon deal with potential rivals?
What measures were taken to establish financial stability? To what extent were they successful?
What measures did Napoleon take to create a new currency?
What were the main changes Napoleon made to the judicial system?
How did prefects and the police control opposition?
What did the Civil Code achieve?
How did Napoleon enforce censorship and propaganda?
What did Napoleon consider to be the purpose of education?
Why did Napoleon agree the Concordat?
What was the concordat?
What made up the Napoleonic Empire and why was it created?
How successful militarily was Napoleon following his coup d’état?
Why did the war resume in 1803 and what was the
outcome of Napoleon’s plan to invade Britain?
How significant were the victories of 1805–7?
What was the extent of Napoleon’s achievement by 1807?
What factors contributed to Napoleon’s military success between 1803 and 1807?
Why and with what consequences did Napoleon become involved in the Peninsular War?
Why did Napoleon invade Russia in 1812?
What were the consequences of the retreat from Moscow?
Why did Napoleon’s invasion of Russia fail?
How was Napoleon finally defeated?
To what extent did Napoleon preserve the Revolution?
To what extent had Napoleon transformed France by 1815?
