Chapter 18-3 WS (The Age of Napoleon)
Napoleon Bonaparte dominated (1.)__________ and (2.) _________ history from 1799 to 1815.
(1.) French (2.) European
Napoleon was a believer in reason who regarded religion to be at most a (10.) ___________.
(10.) Convience
Since most of the French were (11.) _________, Napoleon felt it was a good policy to mend relations with the (12.)_______.
(11.) Catholic (12.) Church
In an agreement made with the Pope, (13.) ___________ was recognized as the religion of a majority of the French people.
(13.) Catholicism
Napoleon's most famous domestic achievement was to (14.) _______________________ the laws.
(14.) Codification
The most important of the codes was the (15.)____________________, or the Napoleonic Code.
(15.) Civil code
This code preserved many of the (16.) __________________ of the revolution.
(16.) Gains
However, Napoleon was destroyed some revolutionary ideals through (17.) _______________.
(17.) Depotism
He shut down 60 to 73 French (18.) ________________.
(18.) Newspapers
Two major reasons help to explain the rapid decline of Napoleon's Grand Empire: the (19.) ________________________ of great Britain and the force of (20.) ___________________.
(19.) Survival (20.) Nationalism
The beginning of Napoleon's downfall came in 1812 with his disastrous invasion of (21.) ____________________.
(21.) Russia
He was born in 1769 on the island of (3.) _______ in the Mediterranean Sea.
(3.) Corsica
His education in French military schools led to his commission in 1785 as a (4.) __________ in the French Army.
(4.) Lieutenant
At the age of 24, Napoleon was made a brigadier general by the (5.) _______________________________.
(5.) Committee of public safety
In 1796 he was made commander of the French armies in (6.) ________, where he won a series of victories.
(6.) Italy
Although theoretically the new government of 1799 was a republic, Napoleon held (7.) _______ power.
(7.) Absolute
In 1802 Napoleon was made (8.) ______________ for life, and two years later he had himself crowned (9.) _____________ Napoleon I.
(8.) Consus (.9) Emperor