The French Revolution and Napoleon Guided Reading – Flashcards
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Napoleon's failed invasion of __________________ led other __________________ states to attack the weakened French army.
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Russia, European
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Napoleon was exiled to __________________, and __________________ became king.
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Elba, Louis XVIII
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After Napoleon returned to Paris, Russia, Great Britain, __________________, and __________________ pledged to defeat him.
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Austria, Prussia
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Napoleon's final defeat came at __________________ in Belgium against a combined __________________ and British army.
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Waterloo, Prussia
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At the Congress of __________________ in 1814, European powers rearranged territories to form a new balance of __________________ so that no one country could dominate.
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Vienna, Power
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Prince von __________________ wanted lawful monarchs who had ruled before Napoleon to be restored to power.
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Metternich
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__________________ is a political philosophy based on obedience to political __________________ and a belief in organized religion.
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Conservatism, Authority
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The great powers eventually adopted a principle of __________________; troops were sent in to crush revolutions in Spain and Italy.
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Intervention
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Growing out of the __________________, the political philosophy of __________________ emphasized the protection of civil liberties.
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Enlightenment, Liberalism
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After the French Revolution, people began to feel that their chief loyalty was to their __________________, not their king or town.
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Nation
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__________________ and liberals agreed that each group of people should have its own state and its own government.
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Nationalists
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Why did Napoleon fall from power, and how did Europe respond to his defeat?
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Napoleon eventually fell from power due to a combination of reasons, each resulting from a chain reaction originally caused by the failure of Napoleons' major military campaigns, like the campaign to invade Russia.
