Unit 6 Set 2

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Consulat

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(1799-1804)

The government set up in France after a coup of the Directory by Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon used it to impose his personal rule.

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"Authority from above, confidence from below"

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The motto of the consulate.

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Concordat 1801

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An agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII that reconciled France and the Catholic Church. Catholics in France lost their hostility towards the government and the clergy returned from exile.

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Duke of Enghien

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(1772-1804)

A French duke who was executed for plotting with Britain against France. His execution by Napoleon shocked other nobles in Europe. It also allowed Napoleon to make himself emperor.

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Tousaint L' Ouverture

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(1743-1803)

Leader of the Haitian Revolution while Haiti was under the control of France. His leadership allowed Haiti to become a sovereign country.

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Battle of Traflagar

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(1805)

A naval battle fought between France/Spain and Britain. The British routed the French and Spanish and ended France's ambitions of invading England.

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Confederation of the Rhine

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(1806-1813)

A league of German States organized by and allied with Napoleon to provide France with military advantages in Eastern Europe. It collapsed after Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Leipszig.

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Citizen-soldiers

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Soldiers who supplied their own weapons and fought without pay for "spoils of victory." The were a major component of Napoleon's armies.

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Napoleonic Code

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(1804)

A system of civil laws created by Napoleon. All laws had to be published officially, prohibited laws from applying to events from before their creation, and encouraged judges to interpret the law.

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"A career open to all talents"

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Napoleon's motto. He believed that people should succeed through their own talents.

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Notables

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Wealthy Frenchman who used to dominate French politics beofre the rise of political parties.

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Continental System

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France, under Napoleon, tried to weaken Britain's economy by cutting of trade between Britain and the rest of Europe.

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Peninsular War

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(1807-1814)

A conflict between the French empire and a coalition of Spain, Portugal, and the UK. It was a major defeat for Napoleon. Napoleon believed that his defeat here is what overthrew him.

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Talleyrand

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(1754-1838)

French foreign minister under Napoleon who was responsible for negotiating a favorable deal for France at the Congress of Vienna even though Napoleon's conquests were undone.

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Grand Army

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Napoleon's great army during the Napoleonic Wars. It was destriyed when Napoleon tried to invade Russia.

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Louis XVIII

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(1755-1824)

King of France from 1814-1824 after Napoleon. He accepted most of the results of the Revolution and the Napoleonic code and created a bicameral legislature with one house chosen by the king and the other by the people.

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Charter (France 1814)

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The French constitution created as a condition of Louis XVIII's instillation as King of France. It recognized equality before the law, accepted the Napoleanic Code, granted freedom of the press and established The Chamber of Deputies and The Chamber of Peers.

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100 days

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(1815)

A period in which Napoleon escaped exile from France in an attempt to regain control. He was defeated by a coalition of countries in the Battle of Waterloo.

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Waterloo

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(June 18, 1815)

A battle between Napoleon's French army and the Seventh Coalition. Napoleon was defeated, ending his rule as emperor and the First French Empire.

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St Helena

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The island in the South Atlantic Ocean in which the British exiled Napoleon.

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Joseph Bonaparte

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(1786-1844)

Napoleon's brother and King of Spain from 1808-1813. He was unable to maintain control of Spain, leading to the Peninsular War.

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Jacques Louis David

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(1748-1825)

French painter. He allied himself with Robespierre and the French Revolution, and later Napoleon and the First French Empire.

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The Coalitions

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Military alliances made between the great powers of Europe against Rvolutionary France and Napoleon.

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Karl von Clausewitz

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(1780-1831)

Prussian general. His greatest work was "On War," an examination of the moral aspect of war. It was unfinished when he died.

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Legion of Honor

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An award created by Napoleon to recgnize great militray and civil contributions to France.

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Duke of Wellington

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(1769-1852)

British general who led the army that defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.