Napoleon- Western Civ. II

Napoleon's humble origins began on the island

Corsica

The French term for an "overthrow of government" is

coup d'etat

The Russian strategy of defending their country was

destroying everything as they retreated leaving the French with a barren wasteland of scorched earth

Napoleon's invasion of Egypt ended with

Napoleon abandoning his army and returning to France

Napoleon's crowning was highlighted by

Napoleon crowning himself after snatching the crown from the Pope

Napoleon's Le Grande Armee, used to invade Russia, had

600,000 troops

To help defeat the French in Spain, the Spanish resorted to guerrilla warfare, which means

little wars

Discuss whether Napoleon could be considered a "child of the revolution" or a "royal absolutist"

Napoleon is a child of the Revolution. This is because of many of his standpoints on certain things, like the Church. Napoleon greatly disagreed with the Church on many things, even with his own crowning. During the ceremony, Napoleon took the crown from the Pope and crowned himself. This showed Napoleon's feelings over the Church's power. Napoleon also laid down fair and equal taxes for both nobles and commoners. This is because during the revolution the whole frustration was with the start differences between nobles and commoners. Many of Napoleon's acts, sone good and some bad, point towards ideas from the Revolution. This idea also makes sense because of when Napoleon was born. Napoleon was born in the middle of the revolution, which is why it would make sense that he would believe the ideas of the Revolution, like many others back then

Nations defeated by Napoleon were at first pleased with the removal of absolute rule, but soon realized it was worse because

Napoleon placed his inept relatives on the thrones of many of these nation

The nations which first revolted or strayed from Napoleon's Continental System were

Portugal and Spain

After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, he was finally exiled to the island of

St. Helena

Napoleon's last defeat occurred at

Waterloo

Once Napoleon assumed control of the French government he implemented many domestic reforms including all of the following EXCEPT a system that provided housing for those who could not afford it a system that made order of the French laws (Napoleonic Code) a system of public education a variety of public works programs

a system that provided housing for those who could not afford it

Napoleon's Continental System represented

an attempt by Napoleon to ruin Britain's economy because he could not defeat them militarily

Which of the following "new rules" of battle did Napoleon NOT use? marching at night fighting on Sundays fighting in the rain using Justin Bieber songs to get the troops fired up for battle

using Justin Bieber songs to get the troops fired up for battle

Napoleon's BIGGEST mistake in taking the Russian capital of Moscow was

waiting for a month for the Russians to surrender, allowing winter to impact his men`