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Napoleon and Romanticism
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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(b. 1769 - d. 1821) French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution, then went on to rule as Emperor greatly expanded France until his downfall.
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Admiral Horatio Nelson
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British Naval officer whose most famous victory was against Napoleon's fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar
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Treaty of Amiens
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1802 - an agreement signed at Amiens, Fr., by Britain, France, Spain, and the Batavian Republic (the Netherlands), achieving a peace in Europe for 14 months during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Napoleonic Code
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Major civic accomplishment of Napoleon that codified laws. It protected private property and the authority of husbands within the family.
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Third Coalition
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1805 - Alliance of Austria, Britain and Russia. Formed in an effort to stop Napoleon's advances.
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Battle of Trafalgar
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1805 - British Naval fleet under command of Horatio Nelson defeated the French fleet. Consequences: Napoleon had to give up hopes of invaded Britain, and established British Naval supremacy for next 100 years.
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Berlin Decrees
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1806 - Issued by Napoleon. Forbade the import of British goods into European countries allied with or dependent upon France, and installed the Continental System in Europe.
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Treaty of Tilsit
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1807 - Agreements that France signed with Russia and with Prussia. Prussia was reduced to half of its size and Russia and France became allies.
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Peace of Schonbrunn
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1809 - Peace between Austria and France. France imposed harsh terms on the defeated Austria. Austria recognized Napoleon's previous conquests from other nations as well as recognizing Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain.
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Marie Louise
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Austrian archduchess who became the second wife of Napoleon I and bore him an heir to the empire.
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Congress of Vienna
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1814 - 1815. Conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich. Goals:
1. Establish a Balance of Power in Europe
2. Restoration of legitimate monarchs
3. Contain France
4. non-vindictive boundary settlement with France
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Treaty of Chaumont
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1814 - treaty signed by Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Britain binding them to defeat Napoleon. The British foreign secretary Viscount Castlereagh played a leading part in negotiating the treaty, by which the signatories undertook not to negotiate separately, and promised to continue the struggle until Napoleon was overthrown. The treaty tightened allied unity and made provision for a durable European settlement.
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Waterloo
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1815 - Imperial French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by armies of the 7th coalition under command of British Duke of Wellington. Resulted in Napoleon's removal from the throne and exile to St Helena
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The Hundred Days
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1815 - Napoleon's brief return to power after his exile in Elba. Ended with his defeat at Waterloo and his final exile in St. Helena.
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Quadruple Alliance
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1815 - United Kingdom, Austria, Prussia, and Russia - treaty to uphold the settlement of the Congress of Vienna. With France's admission in 1818, it became the concert system
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Romanticism
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An artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th century and characterized by a heightened interest in nature, emphasis on the individual's expression of emotion and imagination, departure from the attitudes and forms of classicism, and rebellion against established social rules and conventions. Reaction against the principles of the Enlightenment.
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Sturm and Drang
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a late 18th century German literary movement characterized by works containing rousing action and high emotionalism that often deal with the individual's revolt against society
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Immanuel Kant
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(b. 1724 - d. 1804) German philosopher who is widely considered to be a central figure of modern philosophy. He argued that human concepts and categories structure our view of the world and its laws, and that reason is the source of morality
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Samuel Coleridge
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(b. 1772 - 1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets.
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Friedrich Schlegel
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(b. 1772 - d. 1829) German poet, literary critic, philosopher, philologist and indologist. With his older brother he was one of the main figures of the Jena romantics.
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Neo-Gothicism
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An architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. Its popularity grew rapidly in the early 19th century, when increasingly serious and learned admirers sought to revive medieval Gothic architecture, in contrast to the neoclassical styles prevalent at the time.
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Methodism
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18th-century movement founded by John Wesley that sought to reform the Church of England from within. Inspired by Pietism movement in Germany.
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John Wesley
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(b. 1703 - d. 1791) Anglican cleric and Christian theologian. Largely credited as founding the Methodist movement.
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Francois Rene de Chateaubriand
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(b. 1768 - d. 1848)French writer, politician, diplomat and historian. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature
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Frederich Schleiermacher
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(b. 1768 - d. 1834) German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional Protestant Christianity
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Johann Gottfried Herder
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(b. 1744 - d. 1803) German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic. He is associated with the periods of Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Weimar Classicism
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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(b. 1770 - d. 1831) German philosopher, and a major figure in German Idealism. His historicist and idealist account of reality revolutionized European philosophy and was an important precursor to Continental philosophy and Marxism
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Grimm Brothers
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German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore. (Frog Prince, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Rapunzel, etc.)
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Sir Walter Scott
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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world in the 19th century (ex: Ivanhoe, Rob Roy)
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Rosetta Stone
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Found by one of Napoleon's officers during the Egyptian campaign. Allowed people to decipher hieroglyphics.
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A. Restoration of the Bourbons (1814)
B. July Revolution of Louis-Philippe (1830)
C. Founding of the Second Republic (1848)
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Put the following events in order chronologically:
A. July Revolution of Louis-Philippe
B. Founding of the Second Republic
C. Restoration of the Bourbons
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Concordat
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1801 - between France – as represented by Napoleon Bonaparte – and both the church in France and the Papacy over the position of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Viewed as one of Napoleon's creates domestic achievements.
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