Political Change Flashcards
(35 cards)
When + what shows Napoleon wasn’t universally accepted (4+)
24 December 1800
On his way to a Gala performance a wagon full of gunpowder was set of as his carriage passed
52 killed/wounded
Several buildings destroyed
What was the plebiscite of 1800 for + what did it mean (2)
Ratification of constitution of year viii
Opportunity to show apparent concern for democratic processes
What was the voter turn out
25% = 1.5 million
What did lucien (napoleons brother) do (2)
Adjusted the statistics of pleb
Suggested 46.24% of the electorate had participated + they supported Napoleon
Lucines adjusted statics (2)
99.94% of electorate voted yes
Equivalent to just over 3 million
How did Napoleon behave like a monarch (4)
Moved to Tuileries palace
Coins minted with his effigy = wearing a laurel wreath = Roman symbol of complete authority
Selected members of the council of state = former kings did this
Enjoyed ceremonies and ‘state banquets’
What did the establishment of prefects do (2++)
Strengthened central control within existing framework
NB could claim he responded to people and countries needs = supplying strong and effective gov
What was repression by NB (2)
Way of consolidating power
Involved repression of existing opponents + critics
Jacobins - repression (2)
Spies used to infiltrate potential jacobin groups
1801 = 129 jacobin leaders arrested and deported
Jacobins plot/ conspiracies (2+)
Dagger conspiracy = failed plan to assassinate NB in October 1800
Wrongly accused of bomb plot in ‘infernal machine’ in December 1800 = acc royalists
What + when - NB response to Comte de provenance in letter (3)
September 1800
Made his position clear
‘You should not hope to return to france’
Royalist - repression (3++)
Used military tribunals to deal with rebel leaders
In Brittany = 6000 Chouan prisoners taken + 750 shot in 1800
Used police + prefects = report incidences and firmly address them
Royalist disturbances when + what (2)
Various in capital between 1800-1804
At least 2 assassination attempts against Napoleon
Spy network wiring implication (3+)
Reported that bourbon prince - duc d’Enghien was in touch with emigres + royalists
Plot hatched to kidnap
Shot in a ditch = royalist gave little trouble after this
Why were SOME liberals not supportive of NB
Saw an emerging dictatorship and wanted a constitution that confirmed freedom of speech and press
Who were specific liberals against NB (3)
Madame de Staël = respected writer
Benjamin constant = her lover
They had a salon which irritated NB
What did NB do to liberals + when (2(
1803
Ordered both be banished to a distance of 64km from Paris
What was decreed by consul of republic (3+)
17 January 1800
Minister of police (MoP) will allow publication of 13 newspapers devoted to science, literature, art etc
Newspapers which attack military glory, social order, gov = suppressed immediately
Who was the method of repression used on (3)
Jacobins
Liberals
Royalists
What was the method of reconciliation
Win over potential opponents
Example of reconciliation (3+)
Offered amnesty to rebels in west who were to lay down weapons + show support
Promised to protect the catholic religion
Rewards and posts offered to emigres + refractory priests
How did he keep support of bourgeoisie (3++)
Reassure purchasers of church land (majority being bourgeoisie)
Changes to vote = more political influence
Encouraged by pronouncements that there would be no atatempt to restore emigres or church land
What 2 policies did Napoleon speak of and what (2)
Amalgame = end social divisions of ancien regime
Ralliement = rally all around the new regime
What did military success allow (2++)
Success at piedmont in 1800 = propagandist exultation of NB military heroism
1802 = peace of Amiens with British = popular with bourgeoisie who wanted trade
