GACS lclab - World History - NOTES Enlightenment & French Revolution
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| 365741723 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Born in Corsica, italian ethnicity, 5"2" tall, General of Army by 24 years old, married Josephine Beauharnais, widowed and childless yet produced desired heir. | |
| 365741724 | Napoleon became famous for defeating what county? | Austria | |
| 365741725 | Who blasted the nose off the great sphinx in Egypt? | Napoleon | |
| 365741726 | Louisiana Territory | Napoleon sells all of Louisiana to US President Thomas Jefferson for $4 million. Needed $$$ to invade Britian | |
| 365741727 | Who is in the Coalition of 4 against Napoleon? | England, Russia, Prussia, Austria | |
| 365741728 | Battle of Trafalgar | Lord Nelson defeats French invasion | |
| 365741729 | The Continental System | Ordered by Napoleon: no European countries can buy goods from England. He wanted to bankrupt them. | |
| 365741730 | Alexander I | Russian ruler that works with Britain to defeat Napoleon | |
| 365741731 | How big was Napoleon's army that march from Paris to Moscow? | 600,000 | |
| 365741732 | Scorched Earth Policy | Russians burned their own land before French arrived and refused to fight Napoleon's army. It was designed to starve the troops and freeze them out during the cold Russian winter - it worked! | |
| 365741733 | How many of the 600,000 Napoleon troops returned? | 10,000 | |
| 365741734 | Where was Napoleon exiled the first time? | Elba | |
| 365741735 | What did Napoleon do when he escaped Elba? | Invades France and reclaims power for 100 days | |
| 365741736 | 100 days | The amount of time Napoleon ruled after he escaped from Elba | |
| 365741737 | Waterloo | The battle where Napoleon was defeated after his escape. | |
| 365741738 | Where was Napoleon exiled to the 2nd time? | Helena | |
| 365741739 | Who reestablished Frances relationship with the Catholic Church? | Napoleon | |
| 365741740 | What country was the only European nation not defeated by Napoleon? | Britain | |
| 365741741 | Who abolished The Holy Roman Empire and formed modern day Germany? | Napoleon | |
| 365741742 | Bastille Day | July 14, 1789 - Most important day in modern French history. The Bastille was a political prison. | |
| 365741743 | Marquis de Lafayette | put in charge of new National Guard, restored order in France, | |
| 365741744 | Fleur de lis | Representation of a flower called the iris (the symbol of France) | |
| 365741745 | The Declaration of the Rights of Man | Liberty, Equality & Brotherhood | |
| 365741746 | What happened when Louis XVI tried to escape? | He was recognized because his face was on the coins | |
| 365741747 | Universal Manhood Suffrage | Everyone has the right to vote | |
| 365741748 | Maximillian Robespierre | Convinces National Convention to try Louis XVI for treason | |
| 365741749 | Nickname for the Guillotine | The National Razor | |
| 365741750 | How was Louis XVI killed? | The Guillotine - a dull blade to make it more painful | |
| 365741751 | The Committee of Public Safety | Formed by Robespierre, similar to Nazi police | |
| 365741752 | The Reign of Terror | The Committee of Public Safety collects and beheads 40,000 people for treason | |
| 365741753 | How did Napoleon get his power in France initially? | He was the Army General - he was called to Paris to restore order after The Reign of Terror |
