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WorksheetsThe Age & Legacy of Napoleon: A Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 31mins
Napoleon ultimately seized power from the Directory with two other Directors in 1798 to form the beginnings of a military oligarchy over France. This abrupt type of power seizure that overthrows a state is called a(n):
Abbe Sieyes
Coup d' Etat
La Revolution
Ami du Peuple
Napoleon was able to lead the new Consulate as First Counsul largely due to the political connections with Joseph Pagerie, father of Josephine De Beuharnais, which essentially made him Napoleon's (a) : (b)
Napoleon's main nemesis and competition on the high seas was this famous British Naval Captain, who defeated Napoleon in Egypt in 1798 and later on in Trafalgar in 1805, the latter of which cost this Captain his life (two words, a name, with the first name being either a title or first name):
(a)
Reorder the following events in Napoleon's rise to power:
Napoleon fires his "whiff of grapeshot"
Napoleon marries Josephine
Napoleon becomes First Consul
Napoleon invades Egypt
Napoleon makes Concordat with Catholic Church
Which of the following statements can you NOT conclude based on the information presented in the map provided?
The geo-political make-up of Napoleon's Empire
The countries allied and/or conquered by Napoleon
The short term impact of the French Revolution on Europe in the 20 years after the Reign of Terror
The size and scope of Napoleon's armies as opposed to Russia's
Match the following features of Napoleon's domestic policies and/or rule with their correct descriptor
Lycees
Public Schools for Propertied families with sons
Concordat
France returns Catholic Church to prominence
Napoleonic Code
Enshrined egalitarianism in France
Emperor
New royal title for Napoleon that wasn't traditional
Hereditary
Type of rule that would follow the Bonaparte line
Identify the spot, with a small arrow, on the political spectrum that Napoleon, and his ideology - Bonapartism - belongs on the continuum.
France's conquest of the multifaceted alliance of Great Britain, Austria, Sweden, & Russia in the (a) occurred entirely on the (b) of Europe with the only loss, being a costly one, occurring on the (c) to the British & Lord Nelson.
In consolidating his Empire after his victory in the War of the Third Coalition, Napoleon immediately sought to isolate Great Britain with this protectionist (and ultimately unsuccessful) attempt at a hegemonic economic alliance:
The Continental System
The Paris Accords
The Congress of Prussia
The Napoleonic Union
Napoleon's Confederation of the Rhine, his attempt to unite all the principalities and duchies of the Germanic states were intended to be "checks" on the power of these European power-states:
The United Kingdom
Holland, Belgium, & Denmark
Prussia, Austria, & Italy
Russia, Poland, & the Ottoman Empire
If the French Revolution established contemporary Western Nationalism (of a people) as a major political force, one that superseded any traditional monarchical or governmental power, then what exactly is Napoleon known for in regards to the same nationalist forces? Write 2-3 sentences summarizing this.
Napoleon's biggest impact on Canadian history would stem from his Continental system which essentially forged the (early) Canadian-Canadien nationalist identity by compelling Canadians (& Canadiens) to:
Fight a Civil War to accept the Napoleonic Code in British North America
Go to Europe to help fight Napoleon in the Wars of Conquest
Defend our homeland from American invasion in the War of 1812
Send a military force to France to prevent Russia from crushing the French Revolution
Napoleon's grand mistake, one which extended his Empire too far, making it difficult for him to sustain his troops as well as his control:
His continued insistence at trying to defeat Britain on the high seas after Trfalgar
His invasion of Russia in 1812-1813
His war with the Confederation of the Rhine
Angering America over naval trade & not recognizing their sovereignty
The 100 Day March to Paris was very much an attempt by Napoleon to reignite French nationalism and his rule; the principal reason so many French rallied behind him was because the new Allied imposed French government could not:
Console the French people that the Austrian threat to conquer their country was truly over
Uphold the Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen that revolutionaries wanted
Failed to prosecute the remaining Jacobins & emigres of the Revolution
Deal with the political instability & inflation in France that characterized the Revolution
The Grand Coalition against Napoleon would not tolerate another Bonaparte campaign of Conquest; they met Napoleon's rag-tag, makeshift force at this Belgian field for the final showdown of the Napoleonic Wars, one which saw Napoleon defeated once and for all: (one word - capitalized)
(a)
In 1814, following his defeat to the Grand Coalition at the Battle of the Nations, Napoleon was exiled to the island of (a) , a short distance from the French island he was born called (b) . His final exile after his return & ultimate defeat at Waterloo was (c)
At the Congress of Vienna, the key politicians of the Grand Coalition identified this force as a destructive disease that needed to quelled (treated, lessened) on the European continent
Bonapartism
Conservatism
Nationalism
Liberalism
This influential Austrian minister proved to the dominant personality at the Congress, and was determined to impose a strict Conservative & Monarchial authority over a Europe that was reeling from the Revolutionary & Napoleonic period; this man's handprint over Europe would last for the next 30 years, until the forces of the Revolution would once again be unleashed against it (three parts to his name, all capitalized)
(a)
The (a) occurred in several European nations, starting in (b) and spread quickly across (c) , even manifesting themselves in the British North American city of (d) with the Rebellion Losses Bill protests of 1848-49.
In British North America, both Upper and Lower Canada were stymied by deadlock and a British Parliamentary elite that refused to grant them sovereignty over their own local affairs. The result was this historic "impossible" coalition of the two Canadas - one English & the other French - to unite against Britain in a truly Canadian movement from 1848-1856
The MacDonald - Laurier Ministry
The LaFontaine - Baldwin Alliance
The Anti-American & Fabian League
The CCF - Tory Grit Conglomerate
This famed Prussian statesman responded to the political instability brought forth by the Revolutions of 1848 to ultimately seeks the unification of Germanic duchies, principalities, & city states into a larger union - a German one & NOT the Prussian one the smaller kingdoms feared. (Three parts to his name): (a)
(b)
