The reign of Napoleon: war and legal reforms | History

Starter quiz

What word is given to a leader of a republic who is often part of a power-sharing arrangement?
- dictator
- consul ✓
- king
- emperor
Complete the following sentence: "Napoleon was able to rise through the ranks of the French Army ______."
- slowly
- quickly ✓
- eventually
- immediately
Put the following events into chronological order, starting with the earliest.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Napoleon joined the French Army.
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  Napoleon became general of the French Revolutionary Army.
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  Napoleon launched his Egypt expedition.
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  Napoleon seized power from the Directory in Paris in 1799.
Match the terms with their correct definitions.
- consul
  
  ⇔
  
  leader of a Republic, usually as part of a power-sharing arrangement ✓
- general
  
  ⇔
  
  leader of the army ✓
- emperor
  
  ⇔
  
  a ruler with absolute power, with control over an Empire ✓
Put the events below into chronological order, starting with the earliest.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Napoleon launched his Egypt expedition.
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  Napoleon won a victory at the Battle of the Pyramids.
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  Napoleon was forced to return to France because of French anger at the Directory
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  Napoleon seized power from the Directory and made himself Consul.
Which two of the countries below did Napoleon win victory over in Northern Italy?
- Austria ✓
- United States
- Sardinia ✓
- Scotland
- Ireland

Napoleon sold French land in America to the USA in 1803 for how much money?
- $1.5 million
- $5 million
- $15 million ✓
- $150 million
- $15 billion
Put the following events in chronological order, starting with the earliest.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Napoleon seized power from the Directory.
- 2
  
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  Napoleon created a Consulate and makes himself First Consul.
- 3
  
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  Napoleon failed to reassert French control over Saint-Domingue.
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  Napoleon sold French territory in America to the USA (the Louisiana Purchase).
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  Napoleon crowned himself Emperor.
Complete this sentence: The Code Napoleon replaced France's medieval ______ laws with a modern legal framework.
- 'feudal' ✓
The Third Coalition was an alliance of which three countries against Napoleon?
- Austria ✓
- Russia ✓
- Britain ✓
- France
- USA
Match the events in Napoleon's life with the years in which they occurred.
- He seized power from the Directory.
  
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  1799 ✓
- He sold land via the Louisiana Purchase.
  
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  1803 ✓
- He attempted to control Saint-Domingue.
  
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  1801-1803 ✓
- He crowned himself Emperor.
  
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  1804 ✓
What were the ideals of the French Revolution that Napoleon was trying to spread?
- liberty ✓
- equality ✓
- fraternity ✓
- conformity

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Napoleon seized power in 1799, failed to recapture Saint-Domingue and completed the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
Napoleon made himself 'Emperor of the French' in 1804 and took on absolute power.
Napoleon introduced the Code Napoleon in 1804 which replaced feudalism with a modern legal framework.
Britain, France and Russia entered a military coalition against France in 1805 known as the Third Coalition.
Napoleon conquered much of Europe and exported French laws and ideals to those territories.

Napoleon became Emperor of France after he seized power from the Directory in 1799.

Napoleon became First Consul after seizing power from the Directory, but did not crown himself Emperor of France until 1804.

Consulate - a Consulate is a government normally ruled by more than one ‘Consul’ in a power-sharing arrangement
Emperor - an emperor is a ruler with absolute power, with control over an empire, which is usually a group of countries taken by conquest
Feudal - feudal describes the old French social hierarchy where the king owned all land and distributed it to those below him, who did the same for those below them, in exchange for work, money or service
Coalition - a coalition is an alliance between countries against a common enemy