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Unit 4: Napoleon
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and strategist and self proclaimed emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. However he abdicated the thrown after the invasion of Russia in 1912. |
| Napoleonic Wars | Napoleonic Wars, series of wars between Napoleonic France and shifting alliances of other European powers that produced a brief French dominance over most of Europe. |
| Battle of Waterloo | The Battle of Waterloo was fought on 18 June 1815 between Napoleon's French Army and a coalition led by the British. The decisive battle of its age, it concluded a 23 year, ending French attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon's imperial power |
| Coup D’etat | A sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power from a government |
| Invasion of Russia | Napoleon invaded Russia in 1821 the Russian armies retreated as hastily as the french pursuing, causing the french to expend a majority of their supplies, however the Russian burned all the support in the countryside leaving them stranded for the winter, |
| Code Napoleon | The 1804 Napoleonic Code, which influenced civil law codes across the world, replaced the fragmented laws of pre-revolutionary France, recognizing the principles of civil liberty, equality before the law (although as equally for women). |