Fr Rev & Napoleon

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Which of the following statements about Napoleon are NOT true?
he was born on an island named Corsica,
his parents sent him to military school at age 9,
he graduated as a lieutenant at age 16,
when the French Revolution began, Napoleon remained loyal to the King

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when the French Revolution began, Napoleon remained loyal to the King

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One of Napoleon's rare early failures was an attempt to interrupt British & Indian trade in this country ...

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Egypt

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One of Napoleon's first steps to gaining power was to dissolve the 5 man Directory and replace it with ...

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3 Consuls - of which he was 1

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This French saying means that a person, or group of people, has suddenly seized power:

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coup d'etat

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If you were being crowned Emperor by the Pope, would you...

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let the Pope place the crown on my head.

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T or F: after Britain, Russia, and Austria failed to defeat Napoleon, he had established the largest European empire since the Roman Empire?

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Yes, this is true.

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For about how long did Napoleon maintain his massive European empire? Options: 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, 100 years

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5 years

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Which nation dealt Napoleon a catastrophic failure when he left France with an army possibly as big as half a million men and returned with only 10,000 alive and loyal?

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Russia

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What was Napoleon's scheme to starve out England's economy with a trade blockade known as?

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the Continental System

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After England successfully chased Napoleon into exile on the island of Elba, what happened next?

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Napoleon saw a weak and unpopular king had replaced him so he daringly and triumphantly returned to power.