Chapter 11 Sec. 3

Question 1

Napoleon brought an end to what?

Answer 1

The French Revolution

Question 2

He rose to power in the _________ and then to supreme power in France

Answer 2

military

Question 3

Born in 1769 in ________ (island in the Mediterranean Sea)

Answer 3

Corsica

Question 4

Son of a ________ lawyer

Answer 4

Florentine

Question 5

Studied at ________ school that led to his position as lieutenant in the French army

Answer 5

military

Question 6

Made a ________ general by the Committee of Public Safety

Answer 6

brigadier

Question 7

Later made the commander of the French armies in _____

Answer 7

Italy

Question 8

Given command of an army in training to invade _______

Answer 8

Britain

Question 9

How did Napoleon decide to attack Britain to begin with and how did it turn it out?

Answer 9

Decided to strike indirectly by taking Egypt and threatening India
British cut off his army so Napoleon abandoned army and returned to Paris

Question 10

Took part in the _____ _‘_______ that overthrew the Directory

Answer 10

coup d’état

Question 11

The new government was called the ______

Answer 11

consulate

Question 12

Napoleon was named the first _______

Answer 12

consul

Question 13

Napoleon crowned himself the ___________

Answer 13

emperor

Question 14

He made peace with the _______

Answer 14

Church

Question 15

Made an agreement with the ______ that recognized _________ as the major religion in France and the pope agreed not to ask for the return of church lands seized in the revolution

Answer 15

pope, Catholicism

Question 16

Results of making peace with the Church

Answer 16

Church was no longer an enemy of the French government

Those who had bought church lands became avid supporters of Napoleon

Question 17

Napoleon made ______ codes of law

Answer 17

seven

Question 18

Most important code of law

Answer 18

Civil Code (Napoleonic Code)

Question 19

What was stated by the Civil Code?

Answer 19

Preserved most of the gains of the revolution by recognizing equality of citizens before law
Right to choose a profession
Religious freedom
Abolition of serfdom and feudalism
Property rights were protected
Outlawed trade unions and strikes
Made divorce a harder process (especially for women) again
Women were treated as less equal than men

Question 20

Promotion was based on ______ not on rank or birth

Answer 20

ability

Question 21

Aristocracy created based on ______ in state service

Answer 21

merit

Question 22

The Civil Code preserved the ________ of all citizens before the law

Answer 22

equality

Question 23

There was more opening of _________ careers to more people

Answer 23

government

Question 24

Liberty was replaced with _________

Answer 24

despotism

Question 25

All manuscripts had to be read by ________ before publication (including mail)

Answer 25

government

Question 26

Prominent writer of the revolutionary and Napoleonic eras of France During Reign of Terror she helped friends escape France leaving France herself until 1795 At first supported Napoleon but later clashed w/ him repeatedly Called Napoleon’s rule tyrannical Her books were banned in France Was exiled to the German states where she continued to write

Answer 26

Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël

Question 27

When he came to power he wanted to end war resulting in the ______ ______ in 1802

Answer 27

peace treaty

Question 28

War was renewed in 1803 with ______ (then Austria, Russia, Sweden, and Prussia)

Answer 28

Britain

Question 29

Napoleon’s _______ ______ defeated Austrian, Prussian, and Russian armies

Answer 29

Grand Army

Question 30

Three parts of Grand Empire

Answer 30

French empire, allied states, and dependent states

Question 31

Inner core of Grand Empire | Consisted of an enlarged France extending to the Rhine and including western half of Italy north of Rome

Answer 31

French empire

Question 32

Kingdoms under the rule of Napoleon’s relatives Spain, Holland, the kingdom of Italy, the Swiss Republic, the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, and the Confederation of the Rhine (all German states except Austria and Prussia)

Answer 32

Dependent states

Question 33

Those defeated by Napoleon and forced to join struggle against Britain Prussia, Austria, Russia, and Sweden

Answer 33

Allied states

Question 34

Principles of the Revolution

Answer 34

Legal equality Religious toleration Economic freedom Opportunity based on ability Nobility and clergy in dependent states lost special privileges Important in the development of liberal traditions in these countries

Question 35

Napoleon’s Grand Empire _________ almost as quickly as it was formed

Answer 35

collapsed

Question 36

Two major reasons for collapse

Answer 36

Great Britain and nationalism

Question 37

What was Britain's survival mostly due to?

Answer 37

its sea power

Question 38

The British navy’s decisive defeat of a combined French-Spanish fleet at __________ in 1805 destroyed any thought of an invasion

Answer 38

Trafalgar

Question 39

Napoleon turned to _______ ______ to try to defeat Britain by trying to stop British goods from reaching the European continent to be sold there. The weakening of economy would destroy its ability to wage war

Answer 39

Continental System

Question 40

Why did the continental system fail?

Answer 40

Allied states resented being told that they could not trade with Britain so they began to cheat and others resisted New markets in the Middle East and Latin America gave Britain new outlets for its goods British overseas exports were at near-record heights

Question 41

The unique cultural identity of a people based on language, religion, and national symbols

Answer 41

nationalism

Question 42

2 ways in which the French aroused nationalism

Answer 42

They were hated as oppressors stirring up patriotism of others against the French The French had showed the people of Europe what nationalism was and what a nation in arms could do

Question 43

Grand Army of over ____________ men entered Russia only ________ returned.

Answer 43

600,000, 40,000

Question 44

Russians did fight at _______ and Napoleon’s forces won an indecisive and costly victory

Answer 44

Borodino

Question 45

When Grand Army arrived in _______ the city was on fire Began Great Retreat across Russia Only 40,000 remained at the end

Answer 45

Moscow

Question 46

European states rose up and attacked the French army and ______ was captured

Answer 46

Paris

Question 47

Napoleon was exiled to _______ (off the coast of Tuscany)

Answer 47

Elba

Question 48

__________ monarchy was restored

Answer 48

Bourbon

Question 49

Called Napoleon “Enemy and Disturber of the Tranquility of the World” and then shouted “_________ _'________”

Answer 49

Vive l'Empereur

Question 50

Army moved to attack the nearest allied forces in ________

Answer 50

Belgium

Question 51

At _______ (Belgium) Napoleon met a combined British and Prussian army under the Duke of Wellington and was defeated

Answer 51

Waterloo

Question 52

Allies exiled Napoleon to __________, a small island in the south Atlantic

Answer 52

St. Helena