Global
Awareness
Unit
10 Assignment – Napoleon & Romanticism
Unit Readings:
Identify each of the following terms
in complete sentences (who, what, when, where!), being sure to explain why the
item is historically significant.
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1. Napoleon Bonaparte |
11. Continental System (Berlin
Decrees + Milan Decrees) |
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2. The Directory |
12. Peninsular War (against Spain) |
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3. Abbé Siéyés |
13. “Scorched Earth” Policy |
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4. The Consulate |
14. Battle of Borodino (1812) |
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5. Plebiscite |
15. Battle of the Nations (or
Leipzig) (1813) |
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6. The Concordat of 1801 |
16. Elba |
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7. Napoleonic Code |
17. Congress of Vienna |
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8. “Emperor of the French” (1804) |
18. The One Hundred Days |
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9. Battle of Trafalgar (1805) |
19. Battle of Waterloo (1815) |
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10. Battle of Austerlitz (1805) |
20. St. Helena |
You are attending the 1814-15 Congress
of Vienna. Compose a report on it, addressing…
a) The main purposes, concerns, and
goals of the European delegates gathered at the Congress of Vienna
b) The main decisions arrived at
c) The role played by Metternich
d) How defeated France was treated
e) The creation of “buffer states”
f) Concepts of conservatism and
legitimacy
You may either do this purely in
writing, or use a combination of text and graphics, such as in a magazine or
newspaper article, poster, pamphlet, etc.
Discuss what is meant by the “Romantic
Movement.” What were the Romantics reacting against? Explain how the following
thinkers contributed to romanticism…
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Émile
- Immanuel Kant and the subjective
nature of human knowledge
- John Wesley and Methodism