Napoleon Vocabulary

Became the ruler of France after the Directory by means of a coup

• Robespierre
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• King Louis XVI
• National Convention

A sudden seizure of political power in a nation

• Plebisite
• Lycee
• Coup d'etat

A direct vote in which a country's people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal

• Plebisite
• Concordat
• Blockade

A state-run public school in France

• Guerilla
• Concordat
• Lycee

A formal agreement - especially one between the pope and a government

• Concordat
• Peninsular War
• Hundred Days

A comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon

• Scorched-earth policy
• Napoleonic Code
• Continental System

An 1805 naval battle in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by a British fleet under the command of Horatio Nelson

• Battle of Tannenbaum
• Battle of Waterloo
• Battle of Trafalgar

The use of troops or ships to prevent commercial traffic from entering or leaving a city or region

• Blockade
• Continental System
• Hundred Days

Napoleon's policy of preventing trade between Great Britain and continental Europe, intended to destroy Britain's economy

• Waterloo
• Continental System
• Scorched-earth policy

A member of a loosely organized fighting force that makes surprise attacks on enemy troops occupying his or her country

• Guerilla
• Scorched-earth policy
• Battle of Trafalgar