Unit 4 Flashcards

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Napoleon I

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  • French military officer
  • Rose during French Revolution
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Banque de France

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  • Frances central bank
  • Napoleon created
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3
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Lycee System of Education

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  • Enrolled the nations most talented students
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4
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Code Napolen

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  • Used to reform French legal code to reflect the principles of the French Revolution
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5
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Code Napoleon/Civil divided civil law into…

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  • Personal status
  • Property
  • The acquisition of property
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6
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The Influence of the Napoleonic Code

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  • Swept away feudal property relations
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7
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The Continental System

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  • Isolated Britain and promoted Napoleons mastery over Europe
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8
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Portugal didn’t comply with the Continental System (true or false)

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  • True !
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9
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The Spanish Ulcer

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  • Napoleon unwittingly provoked a total war
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10
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“Third of May, 1808” by Goya

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  • Showed Spanish resistance to Napoleon’s Armies
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11
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The “Big Blunder” - Russia

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  • Retreat from Spain
  • Napoleon led his men across Europe and into Russia
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12
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Russia avoided direct contact with Napoleon (true or false)

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  • True !
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13
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Treaty of Fontainebleau

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  • Exiles Napoleon to Elba
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14
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Treaty of Fontainebleau

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  • Exiles Napoleon to Elba
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15
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The War of the 7th Coalition

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  • Napoleon escaped Elba and landed in France on March 1815 this beginning his 100 Days
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16
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The Hundred Days

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  • Marked Napoleons return
17
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National Assembly

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  • “The Third Estate Awakens”
  • Commoners finally presented as “representatives of the nation”
18
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Emmanuel Joseph

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  • Believed highly of the third estate
  • Leader and political theorist of the third estate
19
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The Tennis Court Oath

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  • Promise oath to create a constitution
  • Declared itself to be a National Assembly
20
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Storming of Bastille

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  • Rumors reached France that the king was planning to use military force AGAINST the National Assembly
21
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Causes of the French Revolution

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  • Weak leadership
  • High Taxes
  • Bad Crops/high prices
  • Questions raised by enlightenment ideas
22
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The Great Fear

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  • Waves of panic and violence throughout the French countryside
23
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National Constituent Assembly

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  • Abolished feudalism (no privilege in the second estate)
24
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Changes under the National Assembly

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  • Equality before law (for men)
  • Abolished special privileges
25
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Declaration of the Rights of Man

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  • Freedom of religion, speech, and the press
  • “Liberty, equality, fraternity!”
  • Right to a fair trial
  • Property rights