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19 Cards in this Set
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Plebiscite |
A direct vote in which a country's people have the opportunity to approve/reject a proposal |
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Napoleon code |
A comprehensive and uniform set of laws made for france by napoleon |
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Lycee |
A government run public school in France |
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Concordat |
A formal agreement specifically with a pope and a government dealing with church affairs |
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Battle of trafalgar |
1805- naval battle where napoleon's forces were defeated by the brittish under control of Harato Nelson |
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Blockade |
The use of troops or ships to prevent commercial traffic from entering or leaving a city |
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Continental System |
Napoleon policy of preventing trade between great Britan and Europe to destroy g Britans economy |
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Guerilla |
A member of a loosely organized fighting force that's makes surprise attacks on heir enemies |
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Peninsular war |
1808-1813- Spanish rebels with British forces fought to drove napoleon's troops out of spain |
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Scorched Earth policy |
The practice of burning or killing livestock so the enemy can't love off the land |
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Waterloo |
A village in Belgium where napoleon was defeated by the brittish army |
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Hundred Days |
1815- napoleon made his last bid for power de posing the French king and becoming emperor of france |
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Congress of Vienna |
A series of meetings in 1814-15 were European leaders sought after lasting peace and security after napoleon's defeat |
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Klemen's von metternich |
The sky influencial representative foreign minister of Austria, distrusted democratic ideas of french revolution |
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Balance of power |
A political situation which no one nation is powerful enough to pose a threat to others |
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Holy alliance |
A leauge of European nations formed by the leaders of Russia Austria and Prussia after the Congress of Vienna |
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Concert or Europe |
A series of alliances among European nations devised by Klemen's von Metternich to prevent an outbreak of revolutions |
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
One of the world's greatest military geniuses who rose from a lower position to the ruler of france |
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Coup d'etat |
A sudden seizure of political power in a nation |
