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