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EurNapoleon
The Napoleonic Era
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Government established in 1795 to govern France by a committee of five leaders | The Directory |
| Written in 1795 that gave all men the right to vote, but their votes were filtered through well-to-do electors who chose representatives for the assembly | Constitution of YEar III |
| Attempt to overthrow the Directory and replace it with a socialist government that would abolish private property and enforce equality; repressed by the Directory | Conspiracy of Equals |
| Napoleon's defeat of English armies in Egypt | Battle of the Pyramids |
| Destruction of the French navy in Egypt by Lord Horatio Nelson | Battle of the Nile |
| When Napoleon overthrew the Legislative Assembly and came to power | Coup d'état of Brumaire |
| Government established after Napoleon overthrew the Directory | The Consulate |
| Constitution that established the Consulate | Constitution of the Year VIII |
| Body that enacted laws under Napoleon, but couldn't debate those laws and was basically a rubber stamp | Legislative Corps |
| How Napoleon maintained the illusion that he had popular support for his actions | Plebiscites |
| Leader of the secret police during the Revolution and under Napoleon; infiltrated groups thought to be opposed to the regime | Joseph Fouché |
| Created by Napoleon to recognize the contributions of those who served in the revolutionary wars | Légion d'honneur |
| NEw laws put into effect in 1804 to rationalize laws, reaffirm revolutionary principles of the equality of all citizens before the law, then imposed on the nations he conquered; reasserted patriarchy and limited rights of women | Napoleonic code |
| Established by Napoleon to help eliminate the budget deficit and finance all the public building | Bank of France |
| Agreement with the Pope to recognize Catholicism as the majority religion of France and maintain the government's veto over clerical appointments | Concordat of 1801 |
| Temporary armistice with Britain in 1802 | Peace of Amiens |
| Napoleon's greatest victory over the Russians and Austrians in 1805 | Austerlitz |
| British naval victory destroying the French navy, death of Nelson | Battle of Trafalgar |
| 1807 agreement with Tsar Alexander 1 ending the war of the Third Coalition and leaving Napoleon as master of the continent | Treaty of Tilsit |
| Attempt by Napoleon to force nations in Europe to embargo British goods. Hard to enforce and highly unpopular; in 1810 Russia withdrew forcing Napoleon to attack Russia. Big mistake | Continental System |
| What Napoleon created after he abolished the Holy Roman Empire | Confederation of the Rhine |
| British-led guerrilla war in Spain | Peninsular War |
| Where Napoleon was first sent after he abdicated in 1814 | Elba |
| Final defeat of Napoleon in June, 1815 | Waterloo |
| Meeting of allies to settle the post-Napoleon situation in Europe | Congress of Vienna |
| Foreign minister of Austria 1809-1848 | Metternich |
| English foreign secretary | Castlereagh |
| leader of Russia | Tsar Alexander I |
| representative from Prussia | Prince Karl von Hardenberg |
| French foreign minister | Talleyrand |
| Bourbon kind who was placed on throne after the defeat of Napoleon | Louis XVIII |
| Territory that Alexander I demanded; he ended up getting the kingdom he wanted, but it was smaller than he'd demanded | Poland |
| Territory that Prussia demanded and which it gained, though not as much as they'd originally hoped to get | Saxony |
| Area on the border of France given to Prussia that later became the backbone of Prussia's industrial growth | RHineland |
| regions that were given to Austria | In Italy - Lombardy,and Venetia, with relatives in other states |
| Border country of France to the NOrth that was enlarged to serve as a check against future French aggression | The Netherlands which acquired the Austrian Netherlands (Belgium) |
| Italian state strengthened to be another check against French aggression | Sardinia-Piedmont - got republic of Genoa |
| Guiding principle at the Congress of Vienna for the future of European diplomacy | Balance of Power |
| Agreement proposed by Alexander I for Russia, Prussia, and Austria to observe Christian principles in domestic and international affairs | Holy Alliance |
| Agreement signed by Great Britian, Austria, Prussia, and Russia to maintain the alliance that had defeated Napoleon and to meet to discuss issues of mutual concern | Quadruple Alliance |
| The Quadruple Alliance led the foundation for this period between 1815 and 1848 to preserve the peace in Europe and resolve international issues by consultation and agreement | The Concert of Europe |
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