| A | B |
|---|
| Napoleon Bonaparte | military leader who seized power in France |
| coup d' etat | sudden takeover of a country |
| plebiscite | vote by the people |
| lycee | gov't. run public school |
| 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 |
| guerrilla | Spanish peasant fighters who fought Napoleon |
| Peninsular War | fought in Spain by Napoleon; Napoleon lost |
| scorched-earch 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. |
| Spain | Country where Napoleon placed his brother as King |
| nationalism | extreme pride in ones nation, which spread across Europe after Napoleon invaded Europe |
| Haiti | There was a slave rebellion on this Caribbean Island, which caused Napoleon to sell Louisiana to the US |
| Peninsular War | War that took place in Spain |
| abdicate | to step down; to give up |
| Russia | Country Napoleon invaded in winter, which led to his downfall |
| Corsica | island where Napoleon was born |
