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| Napoleon Bonaparte | military leader who seized power in France |
| Marshall Ney | Napoleon's General in charge of the cavalry. |
| Elba | Island off the coast of France where Napoleon was first exiled. |
| Corsica | Where Napoleon was born. |
| concordat | agreement (Napoleon signed one with the Pope, giving him the support of the Church) |
| Napoleonic Code | set of laws that eliminated many injustices |
| Battle of Trafalgar | British defeat of Napoleon's forces at sea |
| blockade | forced closing of sea ports |
| Continental System | Napoleon's policy of preventing trade b/t Britain and other nations |
| Louis XVIII | The French king who was forced to flee when Napoleon escaped from exile and returned to France. |
| Peninsular War | fought in Spain by Napoleon; Napoleon lost |
| scorched earth policy | Russia's policy of burning fields and slaughtering livestock so that enemy troops would find nothing to eat |
| Waterloo | Battle in Belgium that was Napoleon's final defeat |
| Hundred Days | Napoleon's last attempt at power |
| St Helena | where Napoleon was sent and died. |
