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
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discovered rossetta stone in Egypt, stone to translate hieroglyphics
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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
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G.W.F Hegel created thesis, antithesis, synthesis
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Strum and Drang- “storm and Stress” romanticism literature in Germany
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Methodism- by John Wesley, Stressed inward, heart felt religion and possibility of
attaining Christian perfection in this life
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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
Document 1
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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
Document 2
 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
Document 3
Document 4
Document 5
 7 main points on enlightenment
 Human autonomy is the means and end of
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enlightenment
Importance of reason
Enlightenment is universal
Progress
Secularism
The centrality of economics to politics
The ideal of popular government