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21 Cards in this Set
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Who was Napolean Bonaparte? |
*Barely from France --Born in Corsica (1769) *Became lieutenant at 16 *Worked to free Corsica *Promoted general in 1793 *Married Josephine de Beauuharnias *Had speed and mobility with army *People saw him as very focused --Rational |
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Sagacity
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*Understand difficult ideas *Make good decisions |
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3 main victors of coup of 18 Brumaire? |
*Bonaparte *Sieyes *Ducos |
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What did the Constitution of the Year VIII do? |
*Made in 1799 *Made set of institutions --Preserved republican forms --Exec. power increase *Exec power held by 3 consuls --Napoleon --de Cambaceres --Charles Lebrun |
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Ostensibly |
Seemingly |
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Plebiscite |
Vote or ballot |
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Prefect |
Chief officer |
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Repudiate |
To reject |
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Promulgation |
Declaration of new law |
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Imperial Recess of 1803 |
*112 states not in HRE --Territories went to states by Germany *Prussia and Bavaria benefited the most --Gained more territory |
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Toussaint L'Ouverture |
*Former slave turned military commander *Helped Haiti gain independence --1790s --Got French and Brits off island --Called "black Washington" by Napoleon *Encouraged others to take up arms against Napoleon --Reason Napoleon sold Louisiana Territory to US in 1803
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines |
*Est. himself as ruler of Haiti --Jan 1, 1804 *Caused race wars to go on --Turned econ. bad |
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Intransigent |
Uncompromising |
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Lucien |
*Napoleon's bro |
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Prosaic |
Ordinary |
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Admiral Pierre Villeneuve |
*Helped Napoleon in attempt to invade England
--March 1805 |
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Admiral Horatio Nelson |
*Commanded Brit fleet to stop Admiral Pierre and Napoleon *Stopped Villeneuve's fleet at the battle of Trafalgar --Decisive battle of Napoleonic wars |
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[[[[THE INVASION of RUSSIA]]]] |
[[[[THE INVASION of RUSSIA]]]] |
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Who did Napoleon see as his enemies in European domination? |
*Great Britain and Russia |
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How was the relationship between Napoleon and Tsar Alexander? |
*Strained --Came from meeting at Tilsit in 1807 +Napoleon annexed duchy of Warsaw ^Extended to Confederation of Rhine ^Russians were threatened *Tsar Alexander did not like Napoleon marrying Marie Louise (1810) *Alexander didn't like Napoleon alliance w/ Austria *Napoleon didn't like how Alexander no put Continental Syst. to action --Alexander and Russia quit Continental Syst. in late 1810 |
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[Achievement and Legacy of Napoleon] |
[Achievement and Legacy of Napoleon] |