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Chapter 10 - Terms2
Napoleon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Balkan peninsula | the only part of Europe not under Napoleon's control in 1810-11; Napoleon didn't want to over extend |
| French empire | the core of the Grand Empire; France, Belgium, left bank of the Rhine, Holland, Italian coast (to and including Rome); states controlled by Napoleon himself |
| dependent states | Confederation of the Rhine and other states that existed wihtin Napoleon's reign (ruled by family or friends); basically puppet governments controlled by Napoleon (looks like universal monarchy...) |
| Grand Empire | had three parts: French empire, dependent states and allied states; must go along with and follow Napoleon |
| allied states | states that Napoleon defeated and forced to join him in war against GB (Prussia, Russia, Austria, and Sweden) |
| Bonapart dynasty | ruling family of French empire; found people willing to support him and used general dislike of GB for their advantage; FRANCE WANTS TO BECOME THE NEXT GREAT BRITAIN |
| modern Carthage | France denounced England as "ruthless mercantile and profit-seeking"; ironic since Napoleon basically wants France to replace GB; GB as rival of the French empire |
| Milan Decree | extension of Berlin and Continental System; any neutral vessel that traded with Britain would be confiscated; hurts US (tries to be neutral, but it hurts their economy) |
| Rome | the second city of Napoleon's empire |
| three step process of French takeover | 1: state of military conquest/occupation 2: establish puppet regime 3: internal/society change |
| The basic economic goal of the Continental System was the destruction of GB's _____ and to build up ____ for France. | exports; markets |
| Treaty of Tilsit | Alexander can be Mr. East, Napoleon is emperor of the West (check off Russia from possible opponents) |
| Confederation of the Rhine | NO MORE HRE; Napoleon will rule everything other than Austria and Prussia (check off Austria) |
| "Boney" | nickname for Bonaparte; from his enemies |
| romanticism | the new cultural movement which challeneged the Age of Englightenment; Germanic |
| J. G. Herder | author of Ideas on the Philosophy of the History of Mankind; Protestant pastor who thought the French were frivolous |
| Ideas on the Pilosophy of the History of Mankind | imitation of foreign ways made people shallow and artificial; all cultures are different and respectable; countries are different, none are better than the next |
| Volk | the common people (where culture comes from) |
| Volksgeist | sound civilizations must have national character |
| JG Fichte | believed that the inner spirit of the individual creates its own moral universe |
| Closed Commercial State | written by JG Fichte; totalitarian system where the state planned and operated the economy; shuts off from outer world so that the citizens can develop character |
| Address to the German Nation | written by JG Fichte; there was a Germanic spirit that was greater than other countries that should be kept pure |
| Old Guard | Napoleon's last reserves |
| War of Liberation | after Napoleon retreats from Russia, his weakened army is defeated |
| Battle of the Nations | greatest battle in numbers of soldiers that fought until the 1900s |
| Frankfurt proposals | Napoleon could continue to lead France if it returned to its natural frontier on the Rhine; doesn't accept it (pride and such) |
| War of Leipzig | Napoleon loses and gets sent in exile |
| Castlereagh | British foreign minister who organized the Treaty of Chaurmont |
| Treaty of Chaurmont | Quadruple Alliance of GB, Prussia, Russia, and Austria; 4 powers will stick together until Napoleon mess is over |
| Fontainbleu | Napoleon was abdicated and sent to exile on a nearby-ish island |
| constitutional charter | basically an absolute king (louis XVIII), but legal equality, eligibility to all to public office, settlement with the church, and most importantly, peace; (restored monarchy) |
| "first" Treaty of Paris | confined France to its boundaries of 1792; not meant to punish France, no retibutions |
| Elba | Napoleon exiled to this island on the Italian coast (1st time) |
| Congress of Vienna | representatives sent, but "big 4" dominated; wanted to restore 'liberties of Europe' and hope that a balance of powers would mean peace; Mettternich's goals: strenghten countries around fr; balance of power; restore royal families; RIGHT WING MOVEMENT |
| Talleyrand | represented France; minister to Louis XVIII |
| Hardenberg | represented Prussia; hoped to mike his kingdom larger |
| Braganzas | the royal family of Portugal |
| Polish-Saxon question | give Russia Poland and give Prussia Saxony; Matternich didnt like this |
| Congress Poland | a new Poland where Alexander I is king and there is a constitutiion; basically a part of Russia |
| Battle of Waterloo | Napoleon vs Duke of Ellington; Napoleon lost, and again abdicated |
| St. Helena | Napoleon abdicated here after Battle of Waterloo; south Atlantic |
| "Second" Treaty of Paris | more severe than first; minor changes on frontiers; owe 700 million francs and an army of occupation |
| Hundred Days | Napoleon plotted his return from Elba; on his way back France, was met, and joined by, Louis XVIII's army |
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