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Globl ch23 list 3,4
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Military leader who seized power in France |
| Coup d' etat | A sudden takeover of a government |
| Plebiscite | Vote by the people |
| Lycée | Government-run public school |
| Concordat | Agreement |
| Napoleonic Code | Complete set of laws set up by Napoleon that eliminated many injustices |
| Battle of Trafalgar | British defeat of Napoleons forces at sea |
| Blockade | Forced closing of ports |
| Continental System | Napoleon's policy of preventing trade and communication between Great Britain and other European nations |
| Guerilla | Spanish peasant fighter |
| Peninsular War | War that Napoleon fought in Spain |
| Scorched-Earth Policy | Policy of burning fields and slaughtering livestock so that enemy troops would find nothing to eat |
| Waterloo | Battle in Belgium that was Napoleon's final defeat |
| Hundred Days | Napoleon's last bid for power, which ended at Waterloo |