The Age & Legacy of Napoleon: A Review

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)  

• (select one)
• Father-in-Law
• Top General
• Prime Minister
• Chief Critic
• Parish Priest
• Political Nemesis

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):

Reorder the following events in Napoleon's rise to power:

• Napoleon becomes First Consul

• Napoleon makes Concordat with Catholic Church

• Napoleon fires his "whiff of grapeshot"

• Napoleon marries Josephine

• Napoleon invades Egypt

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

• Enshrined egalitarianism in France

• Lycees

• France returns Catholic Church to prominence

• Emperor

• Type of rule that would follow the Bonaparte line

• Napoleonic Code

• Public Schools for Propertied families with sons

• Concordat

• New royal title for Napoleon that wasn't traditional

• Hereditary

Identify the spot, with a small arrow, on the political spectrum that Napoleon, and his ideology - Bonapartism - belongs on the continuum.

Answer explanation

Napoleon brought back a period of Conservatism to France, preferring to maintain the status quo to solidify his rule as opposed to doing anything too drastic that would cause more upheaval. The provisions he would ultimately insert into France were the very best Progressive-Conservative values from the Revolution we hold in a liberal society.

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.

• War of the Third Coalition
• Continent
• High Seas
• Five Years War
• War of 1812
• Airways
• Colonies
• Plains of Abraham
• Seven Years War
• Asian Protectorates

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