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Chapter 23 secton 3 & 4
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02/04/2013

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Napoleon Bonaparte
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was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution
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coup d'etat
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also known as a coup, a putsch, or an overthrow, is the sudden deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state
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plebiscite
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A direct vote in which the entire electorate is invited to accept or refuse a proposal
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lycee
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A French lyceum, or secondary school for students intermediate between elementary school and college, supported by the French government
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concordat
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is an agreement or treaty between the Holy See of the Catholic Church and a sovereign state that deals with the recognition
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Napoleonic Code
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civil code enacted in 1804 and still extant, with revisions; it has been the main influence in the 19th-century civil codes of most countries of continental
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Battle of Trafalgar
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was to witness both the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte's plans to invade Britain
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blockade
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a forcible closing of orts
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Continental System
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supposed to make continental Europe more self-suficient
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guerrilla
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bsnds of Spanish peaseant fighters
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Peninsular War
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spains lies on the liberian Peninsula
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scorched-earth policy
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invovled burning grin fields and slaughtering live stock so as to leave nothing for the enemy to eat
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Waterloo
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battle was near waterloo in Belgium
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Hundred Days
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this defeat eneded Napolen's last bid of power
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