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When does Napoleons Coup take over? |
After directory is ineffective- provides the hope of stability after 10 years of violence |
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Who was Robespierre? What led to his downfall? |
Jacobin (radical) leader of the revolution; got rid of Catholic Church too violent |
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Why did French People support Napoleon even though he seized power and declared himself emperor? |
He was stable- new legal code promising equality, made peace with the Catholic Church |
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What to countries was Napoleon unable to defeat? Why? |
Russia & England; Geography
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Effects of the French Revolution |
system of feudalism dies out in Western Europe for good political power shifts to the growing middle class Nationalist movements grow as a reaction to Napoleonic conquests in Europe |
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Congress of Vienna |
led by Klemens Von Metternich 2 major goals: return monarchs back to the thrones in Europe and redraw map of Europe/limiting France's power |
