Ch 6.4 Vocabulary

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a system in which Austria, Russia, Prussia and Great Britain met periodically to discuss any problems affecting the peace of Europe

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Concert of Europe

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principle by which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored

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legitimacy

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military tactic in which soldiers destroy everything in their path to hurt the enemy

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scorched earth policy

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add a territory to an existing state or country

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annex

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blockade designed by Napoleon to hurt Britain economically by closing European ports to British goods

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continental system

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fighting carried on through hit and run raids

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guerilla warfare

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ballot in which voters have a direct say on an issue

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plebiscite

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assembly of European leaders that met after the Napoleonic era to piece Europe back together; met from September 1814 to June 1815

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Congress of Vienna

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to give up or step down from power

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abdicate

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body of French civil laws introduced in 1804 which served as a model for many nations' civil codes

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Napoleonic Code