1. Chapter 6, Section 4 Packet Page 10
The Age of Napoleon
Chapter 6, Section 4 Packet Page 10

2. Terms, People, and Places
Plebiscite: a popular vote by ballot
-Napoleon held these and gained support from French voters, which allowed him to rise to power
Annex: to incorporate into an empire
-Napoleon annexed the Netherlands, Belgium, and parts of Italy and Germany into the French Empire

3. Scorched-Earth Policy: the tactic of war that involves burning crops and villages
-The Russians used this tactic when the French army invaded, leaving Napoleon’s army without food or supplies
Abdicate: to step down from power
-Napoleon did this is 1814, but then returned to power the next year. He again abdicated after he lost the Battle of Waterloo.

4. Legitimacy: the principle of restoring hereditary monarchies
-The Congress of Vienna decided to do this in order to restore Europe to its previous state.

5. Main Ideas What helped Napoleon rise to power? -His military successes
-Napoleon’s victories over various European nations allowed him to become Emperor of France
-Even when he was defeated, he made sure no one found out!

6. The Napoleonic Code was a reform of the nation’s:
-legal system
-it created legal equality, religious tolerance, and ended feudalism

7. Which European power was Napoleon unable to conquer?
-Britain
-in a naval battle, Britain crushed French forces
-Napoleon was unable to harm British trade

8. A disastrous attempt to invade which country was the beginning of Napoleon’s downfall?
-Russia
-Napoleon organized a “Grand Army”, but Russia’s scorched- earth policy made the French army suffer from hunger and cold and drove them out of the country

9. The chief goals of the Congress of Vienna were to:
-preserve peace through a balance of power and restore monarchies
-European nations wanted to make things just like they were before Napoleon’s rule