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History= vocab
Napoleon vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Directory | two house llegislature with five directors in charge |
| Coup d' tat | Sudden take oveeer of the government |
| 2nd Coalition of A.F.F | Britian, Austria, Russia |
| Plebiscite | vote by the people |
| Lycees | Government Runs schools |
| Concordat | an agreement between the state and the church |
| Napoleonic Code | Napoleon's Code of Laws |
| Battle of Trafalgar | Napoleons navy defeated. he must give up dream of conquering Britain |
| Blockade | Forcibly closing ports to trade |
| Continental System | Napoleons policy of not allowing any European nation to trade with britain |
| War of 1812 | War between Britain and the United States |
| Peninsular War | Coflict between France vs. Spain/Portugal |
| Scorched Earth policy | Burning the corps, shelter and killing all the livestock |
| Battle of Waterloo | Napoleons final battle |
| Hundred Days | The length of Napoleon's reign after escaping from Elba |
| Napoleon's Western Empire | Louisiana Purchase, Caribbean, and Florida |
| Louis XVIII | French Monarch who led France when Napoleon was exiled to Elba |
| 4th Coalition of Anti French Forces | Britain, Austria, Russia, Prussia, and France |
| Elba | First site Napoleon was exiled to |
| St Helena | Napoleon was exiled here after his loss at Waterloo |