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
