4 Written Questions

1. After waterloo, diplomats and heads of state sat down at the Congress of Vienna. Metternich was the dominant figure at the congress and represented Austria--he wanted to restore things to how they were in 1792. Talleyrand represented France. They redrew the map of England and took much land from France.
2. -born in Corsica, Italy
   -went to military school in France--he was bullied by the other boys for his italian accent and therefore, grew strong from that experience
3. Elba
   -Louis XVIII (brother of Louis XVI) became king
   -Napoleon eventually escaped his exile and came back to France, welcomed by the people
4. He waged economic warfare through the Continental System, which closed Europeans ports to British ports. But it failed because Britain had a powerful navy which traded with the Americas and India.

4 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Restoring hereditary monarchies that the French Revolution or Napoleon had unseated.
   1. How did Napoleon gain power?
   2. What was the Napoleonic code?
   3. Define plebiscite
   4. What is legitimacy?
2. a new code of laws that embodied the ideas of the Englightenment. It gave equaliy to all citizens before the law, religious tolerance, and abolition of feudalism. Women, however, lost almost all of their newly gained rights.
   1. What was the Napoleonic code?
   2. What is legitimacy?
   3. How did Napoleon gain power?
   4. What was the Concert of Europe?
3. -overthrew the Directory and set up a 3-man governing board
   -Napoleon took the name "First Consul"--then "Consul for life"
   -Later acquired enough power to name himself Emperor of the French
   1. What is legitimacy?
   2. How did Napoleon gain power?
   3. What was the Napoleonic code?
   4. How did Napoleon try to fight Britain?
4. -controlled prices
   -encouraged new industry
   -built roads and canals
   -system of public schools
   -made peace with Catholic Church
   -encouraged emigres to return but made them take an oath of loyalty
   -peasants were able to keep the land they bought from the nobles and clergy during the revolution
   -opened all jobs, based on talent
   -Napoleonic code
   1. How did Napoleon try to fight Britain?
   2. What was the Napoleonic code?
   3. What was the Concert of Europe?
   4. What were some of the reforms that Napoleon instigated?

3 True/False Questions

1. Define plebiscite → Restoring hereditary monarchies that the French Revolution or Napoleon had unseated.

   True        False

2. What happened at the Battle of Waterloo? What was is result? → It was system where the powers met periodically to discuss any problems affecting the peace of Europe.

   True        False

3. What was the Concert of Europe? → a new code of laws that embodied the ideas of the Englightenment. It gave equaliy to all citizens before the law, religious tolerance, and abolition of feudalism. Women, however, lost almost all of their newly gained rights.

   True        False