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The Napoleonic Wars and Unification

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Napoleon Bonaparte   Military leader who seized power in France  
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Coup d'etat   A sudden takeover of a government  
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Napoleon's Education Reforms   Created schools that helped more people of the middle class get an education and made financial aid a possibility for those who worked hard and were intelligent  
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Napoleonic Code   Complete set of laws set up by Napoleon that eliminated many injustices  
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Hundred Days   Napoleon’s last bid for power, which ended at Waterloo  
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Meritocracy   A society that rewards and promotes individuals who are good at their job rather than just those who have titles and connections  
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Waterloo   Battle in Belgium that was Napoleon’s final defeat  
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Concordant   An agreement  
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Congress of Vienna   Meetings in Vienna for the purpose of restoring order to Europe  
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Klemens von Metternich   Key leader at the Congress of Vienna  
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Balance of Power   Condition in which no one country becomes a threat to the other  
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Legitimacy   Bringing back to power the kings that Napoleon had driven out.  
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Conservative   People who supported the monarchy  
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Liberals   People who wanted to give more power to elected legislatures  
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Nationalism   Belief that a person’s loyalty belongs to the nation itself instead of to the nation’s ruler  
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Revolutions of the 1830s   Revolts in Greece, Belgium, and Poland  
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Revolutions of 1848   Revolts in Austria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.  
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Count Camillo di Cavour   Prime minister who unified northern Italy  
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Giuseppe Garibaldi   Leader of the Red Shirts who won control over parts of southern Italy  
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Italy   United into one country through the efforts of Count Cavour and Giuseppe Garibaldi.  
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Otto von Bismark   Leader who worked to expand Prussia  
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Prussia   Leading state of the German confederation.  
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Realpolitk   Tough, practical politics. All means of maintaining power are justified.  
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Franco-Prussian Wars   This war was instigated by Otto Von Bismarck to encourage the southern German states to join with the north.  
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Kaiser   German Emperor  
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1870   The year Italy became a united country.  
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Emmanuel II   The King of Sardinia-Piedmont who would rule a united Italy.  
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Wilhelm I   The first Kaiser of a united Germany.  
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