Chapter 20 Age of Napoleon. Napoleon Main Ideas Napoleon was born in Corsica Proved himself in the French Revolution as a general Took power by.

Chapter 20

Age of Napoleon

Napoleon Main Ideas

Napoleon was born in Corsica Proved himself in the French Revolution as a general Took power by a Coup d'état, then declared himself emperor

5 years later Napoleonic code

-hereditary social distinctions abolished

- feudal privileges gone

- no serfdom discovered rossetta stone in Egypt, stone to translate

hieroglyphics quadruple alliance against him: England, Austria, Prussia,

Russia Could not defeat England due to superior navy, major lost at

Trafalgar due to this

Napoleon Main Ideas Cont.

Big mistake politically with treaty of tilsit- with Russia. Russia never intended to keep promise of no fighting. Treaty was following their loss to napoleon in the Battle of Austerlitz

Battle of Austerlitz- greatest victory for napoleon. Defeated Russia and Austria

Continental system- economic attack against British, cut off trade

1812 napoleon invaded Russia, Russia retreats deeper in their own country and let winter beat the French. After this loss Napoloen is exiled to the isle of Elba.

Returns march 15 to start the 100 days. It ended with napoleons final loss at Waterloo

Was married to Josephine de Beauharnais but divorced her due to inability to have heir. Married Marie Louisa of Austria

Triumph of Romanticism

Romanticism

Strongest in Germany and England Instead of reason it focused on imagination Nature was a main characteristic and was often used

for symbolism, romanticism nature poetry of often called poetry of meditation

Other main characteristics: emotion, lyric poetry, the common man, nationalism

Romantic theory was illumination of the world within Would create paradoxes Ex. would try to show what was psychologically real,

the concept of a beautiful soul in a ugly body, from Victor Hugo’s Hunchback of Notre Dame

Romanticism Cont.

Major authors were Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth

G.W.F Hegel created thesis, antithesis, synthesis

Strum and Drang- “storm and Stress” romanticism literature in Germany

Methodism- by John Wesley, Stressed inward, heart felt religion and possibility of attaining Christian perfection in this life

Categorical Imperative- by Emmanuel Kent, internal sense of moral duty and awareness possessed by all human beings

Quiz

Who were the allied powers against the French in the battle of Austerlitz? A- Austria and Russia B- Prussia and Britain C- Spain and Italy D- Russia and Prussia

A- Austria and Russia

#2

The Napoleonic code included the following EXCEPT: A- Hereditary social distinctions

abolished B-Feudal privileges gone C-Freedom of speech D-No Serfdom

C-freedom of speech

#3

Which battle was Napoleon's final defeat? A-Trafalger B-Waterloo C-Austerlitz D-Egypt

B-waterloo

#4

Which of the following is Napoleon’s 1st wife? A-Maria Louisa B-Maria Antoinette C-Queen Victoria D- Josephine de Beauharnais

D- Josephine de Beauharnais

#5

What event started Napoleon's 100 days? A-his defeat at waterloo B-After his Coup D'état C-his escape from the isle of Elba When he became the emperor of France

C-his escape from the isle of elba

#6

What best describes Methodism? A-possibility of Christian perfection in

this life B-everyone was made equal C-predestination D-religion by faith alone

A-Possibility of Christian perfection in this life

#7

Thesis, antithesis, synthesis was created by? A-emmanuel kent B-Lord Byron C-G.W.F Hegel D-Samuel Taylor Coleridge

C-G.W.F Hegel

#8

What was the main reason Napoleon could not defeat the British? A-Britain had a better navy B-Britain had better generals C-Britain had a bigger army D-Harsh seasonal conditions

A-Britain had a better navy

#9

The following are all points of romanticism except? A-Love of nature B-Neo-classicism C-power of love to solve all problems D-nationalism

C-power of love to solve all problems

#10

“Categorical Imperative” was by who? A-G.W.F Hegel B-Emmanuel Kent C-William Shakespeare D-Samuel Taylor Coleridge

B-Emmanuel Kent

Free response question

Describe the reign of napoleon bonapart

DBQ

Describe the ways romanticism differed from the enlightenment

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By William Wordsworth’s “The Tables Turned”

Up! up! My friend, and quit your books; Or surely you’ll grow double: Up! Up! My Friend, and clear your looks; Why all this toil and trouble? The sun, above the mountain’s head, A freshening lustre mellow Through all the long green fields has spread, His first sweet evening yellow. Books! ‘tis a dull and endless strife: Come, hear the woodland linnet, how sweet his music! on my life, There’s more of wisdom in it. And hark! How blithe the throstle sings! He, too, is no mean preacher: Come forth into the light of things, Let nature be your teacher. She has a world of ready wealth, Our minds and hearts to bliss-spontaneous wisdom breathed by health, Truth breathed by cheerfulness. One impulse from a vernal wood may teach you more of man, of moral evil and of good, than all the sages can. Sweet is the lore which nature brings; our meddling intellect misshapen the beauteous forms of things:- we murder to dissect. Enough of science and of art; close up those barren leaves; come forth, and bring with you a heart that watches and receives

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Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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7 main points on enlightenment Human autonomy is the means and end

of enlightenment Importance of reason Enlightenment is universal Progress Secularism The centrality of economics to politics The ideal of popular government