Napoleon
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- Where was Napoleon Born?
- Corsica
- What type of school did he attend
- Military School
- What was Napoleon like as a child?
- Ambitious, special, leader,
- What cathedral did Napoleon use for his coronation?
- Notre Dame
- Who crowned Napoleon Emperor?
- He crowned himself, but Pope Pius VII was there
- What person's crown did Napoleon use for his cornoation?
- Charlamanges
- Who painted the Coronation of Napoleon?
- David
- Napoleon was exiled to what Island first?
- Elba
- HOw long was Napoleon in power after he returned from exile?
- 100 days
- What as the last major battle fought during hte Npaoleonic era?
- Waterloo, Belgium.
- Who was the British GEneral who won the above battle?
- Duke of Wellington
- What was the major naval battle during the Napoleonic era called?
- Battle of Trafalgar
- Who was the famous british admiral during the battle of trafalgar ?
- Horatio Nelson
- what was nelson's ship called?
- Victory
- What was the style of battleship during the Napoleonic Era?
- ship of the line
- What was the famous quote by the British Admiral before the above battle?
- " England expects that every man will do his duty"
- How many british ships were lost during the battle of trafalgar?
- NONE
- The Holy Roman Empire was broken up and __________ was created by Napoleon?
- Confederation of Rhine ( GermanY)
- What revolutionary reforms were undone by Napoleon?
- Women's Rights
- Name Npaoleon's three major jobs he held during his lifetime?
- General, Emperor of France, and 1st Consule
- The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon and _____?
- The Church
- Who were the two people who signed the Concordat of 1801
- Napoleon and Pope Pius VII
- Who was the Russian Czar during the Napoleonic period?
- Alexander I
- What major city was did the Russains burn down during the Napoleonic Wars?
- Moscow
- What family ruled France during the period after Napoleon abdicated?
- Bourbone
- What was the reason Napoleon invaded Russia?
- Because Alexander withdrew from the continental system.
- Who was the composer of the 1812 Overtrue
- Tchaikovsky
- When was the Overtrue first performed?
- August 20th, 1882
- The Code of laws Napoleon encacted throughout Europe was called
- Napoleonic Code
- Who paitned the Third of May
- Francisco Goya
- What was the style of warfare that the Spanish peasants used against the French
- Guerilla Warfare. Hit and run attacks by spanish farmers
- What island did Npaoleon Die on?
- St. Helena
- What was the cause of Napoleon's death?
- POison, stomach cancer
- What was the stie of Napoleon's greatest victory?
- Auesterlitz, Austria
- What did the united states buy off of France duriing hte Napoleonic era
- Lousianna Territory
- Nape 3 specific items guaranteed by the Napoleonic Code
- Equality for all people, religious toleration, advancement based on merit.
- Describe or draw the naval technique called Crossing the T
- ship lined horizontally, they shot at the vertical boats, causing more damage
- How did napoleon put down a royalist riot?
- With a Wiff of a grapeshot
- Napoleon beleived in nepotism. give an example
- gave spain to his brother Joseph Bonaparte
- Name two major battles fought in Egypt
- Battle of the Pyramids, and Battle of the NIle
- What was the Rosetta stone?
- Stne that is black that contains 3 languages found by napoleon in egypt
- What 3 languages are on the stone?
- Hyroglyphics, demotic, classical greek
- Where is the Rosetta stone today?
- British Museum
- Napoleon made his military cliam to fame fighting where?
- Austeriz, our Toulon, during hte French Revolution against the British
- What specific part of hte military was Napoleon interested in?
- Artilery
- What was Napoleon's sons' name?
- Napoleon King of Rome
- How old was Napoleon when he became a general?
- 24
- Name two locations for hte painting the Coronation of Napoleon
- Versailles, and Louvre
- Name four theatres napoleon fought in
- Egypt, Austria, Russia, Belgium
- At What age did napoleon become an officer?
- 16
- Why did npaoleon ask his wife for a divorce?
- She didn't give him a male heir
- What was the continental system
- BARRED BIRTISH SHIPS IN COUNTRIES IN FRANCE'S CONGTROL
- Coup
- Sudden gain in military power
- Abdicate
- to step down from power. "give up"
- Metternich
- Austrian prince. Praised Napoleon, wanted Status quo, keep things the way they are.
- Legitimacy
- restoring hereditry monarchies that the revolution has unseated
- Plebiscite
- ballot that napoleon held that you would vote either yes or no
- Duke of Wellington
- British. Defeated napoleon at Waterloo. Very ingenious
- Scorched Earth Policy
- Russians, on their retreat, burned down all crops and land so that the russians would starve and freeze to death
- Concordat of 1801
- Agreement between napoloen and church, ( pope pius VII) made peace with church.
- Guerilla Warfare
- Spanish peasant fighters who ambushed French troops and then fled into hiding, a spanish word meaning little war. Hit and run attacks.
- Trafalgar
- Horatio Nelson vs napoleon. Victory, French lost, Nelson won "England expects every man to do his duty" Off south-west coast of spain
- Waterloo
- Willington vs. Napoleon. Last battle, and Napoleon lost. Belgium
- Austerlitz
- Napoleon's greatest vicotry in Austria. Killed many of the austrians, and was a huge land gaining thing
- Nationalism
- Having pride in one's country
- Josephine Bonaparte
- Napoleon's first wife. Was divorced cause she could not have a son. cheated on him.
- Site of Napoleon's exile, remote island in south atlantic
- St. Helena
- Napoleon's two wives
- Josephine, and Marie Louise
- Quadruple Alliance
- Austria, Russia, Prussia, and Great Britain