NAPOLEON Flashcards

NAPOLEON

677103844	napoleonic code	This was the civil code put out by Napoleon that granted equality of all male citizens before the law and granted absolute security of wealth and private property. Napoleon also secured this by creating the Bank of France which loyally served the interests of both the state and the financial oligarchy
677103845	concordat of 1801	This is the agreement between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon that healed the religious division in France by giving the French Catholics free practice of their religion and Napoleon political power
677103846	Jacque-Louis David	artist; did portraits of Napoleon
677103847	Battle of Trafalgar	a naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain
677103848	Continental System	Napoleon's efforts to block foreign trade with England by forbidding Importation of British goods Into Europe.
677103849	Battle of Leipzig	Also known as the Battle of the Nations; in October 1813, the combined armies of the fourth coaliton decisively defeated Napoleon and the French army
677103850	Louis XVIII	(1814-1824) Restored Bourbon throne after the Revoltion. He accepted Napoleon's Civil Code (principle of equality before the law), honored the property rights of those who had purchased confiscated land and establish a bicameral (two-house) legislature consisting of the Chamber of Peers (chosen by king) and the Chamber of Deputies (chosen by an electorate).
677103851	Congress of Vienna	Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon
677103852	Balance of Power	distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong
677103853	Hundred Days	The brief period during 1815 when Napoleon made his last bid for power, deposing the French King and again becoming Emperor of France
677103854	Battle of Waterloo	the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Napoleon met his final defeat