The Age of Napoleon

meritocracy

positions in government and the military given on the bases of merit rather than birth or wealth.

Battle of Trafalgar

At what battle did Great Britain defeat France for the first time?

Directory

In 1799, the ____ fell apart and Napoleon used his troops to restore order and take control.

Plebiscite

In 1804, a ____ was held and the voters of France voted to create and empire.

Battle of Austerlitz

Napoleon defeated the Russians and Austrians at the ____ ____ ____.

Confederation of the Rhine

Napoleon dismantled the Holy Roman Empire and reorganized the western German states as the ____ ____ ____ _____.

ideals of the revolution through Europe

Napoleon justified the attacks on the nations of Europe by saying "France needed to spread the ____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___."

radical jacobin

Napoleon was a ____ ____ - meaning that he believed in radical ideals of the French Revolution.

Corsica

Napoleon was born in 1769 on the island of ____.

The concordat

States: Catholicism is the religion of the majority of French Men. Papal acceptance of church lands lost during the revolution. Bishops are subservient to the regime.

Confederation of the Rhine

The first step in Germany becoming a country

Bourgeoisie

The wealthy ____ wanted the stability Napoleon as emperor would bring.

Battle of Waterloo

What battle did the British under the Duke of Wellington and the Prussians defeat Napoleon?

Great Britain

Who was Napoleon's greatest enemy?

to spread the revolution's ideals

Why was the Public School System created in France?

Napoleon I

____ was Frances first emperor.

Nationalism

a person's sense for allegiance to his national ethnicity - as opposed to allegiance to a religion or a multi-ethnic empire

Napoleon Bonaparte

Born in 1769 on the island of Corsica and was educated in French Military Schools.

Quadruple Alliance

Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Austria - agreement to keep the peace of Europe for 20 years

The Congress of Vienna

Russia - Alexander I Prussia - Frederick William III Britain - Lord Castlereagh for George III Austria - Prince Clemens von Metternich France - Talleyrand for Louis XVIII

Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Sweden

What countries formed a new coalition of nations to defeat Napoleon?

The Consulate

What was the new French government Napoleon came up with?

The Continental System

When Napoleon forced the nations of Europe to stop all trade with Britain.

St. Helena

Where did Napoleon get sent and die after the Battle of Waterloo?

Elba

Where did Napoleon go after he got defeated by Russia?

Pope Pius VII

Who renounced the Concordat?

Lord Horatio Nelson

Who was the British Lord over the British army during the battle of Trafalgar?

Napoleon

Who was the first consul of the Consulate?

Treaty of Chaumont

restored the Bourbon monarchy and pulled France back to its 1792 borders

Napoleonic Code

restructured the laws of France with the right to property as one of the strongest elements of the law