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Module 19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Congress of Vienna? | a series of meetings in 1814 - 1815, during which the European leaders sought to establish long-lasting peace and security after the defeat of Napoleon |
| Klemens von Metternich? | Austrian statesman and diplomat; he was the Austrian representative at the Congress of Vienna |
| Balance of power? | a political situation in which no one nation is powerful enough to pose a threat to others |
| Legitimacy | the hereditary right of a monarch to rule |
| Holy Alliance | a league of European nations formed by the leaders of Russia, Austria and Prussia after the Congress of Vienna |
| Concert of Europe | A series of alliances among European nations in the 19th century, devised by Prince Klemens von Metternich to prevent the outbreak of revolutions |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | seized power, led France |
| Coup d'état | a sudden seizure of political power in a nation |
| Napoleonic Code | a comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon |
| Battle of Trafalgar | an 18-5 naval battle in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by a British fleet under the control of Horatio Nelson |
| Continental System | Napoleon's policy of preventing trade between Great Britain and continental Europe, intended to destroy Great Britain's economy |
| Peninsular War | a conflict |
| Hundred Days | a brief period during 1815 when Napoleon made his last bid for power, deposing the French king and again becoming emperor of France |
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