Ellie Teasley
5/4/16

Topic 12 Section 8 Plebiscite A direct vote in which a country's people have the opportunity to approve or reject a
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proposal
Napoleonic Code This was the civil code put out by Napoleon that granted equality of all male
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citizens before the law and granted absolute security of wealth and private property. Napoleon also secured this by creating the Bank of France which loyally served the interests of both the state and the financial oligarchy
Napoleonic Wars A series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and
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alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times (1799­1812).
Annexed To become a part of
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Continental System Napoleon's policy of preventing trade between Great Britain and
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continental Europe, intended to destroy Great Britain's economy. guerrilla warfare A hit­and­run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of
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warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes
Abducted Carried off unlawfully
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Congress of Vienna Following Napoleon's exile, this meeting of European rulers in Austria
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established a system by which the balance of power would be maintained, liberal revolutions would be repressed, as would imperial expansion, and the creation of new countries in Europe.
Legitimacy A characterization of elections by political scientists meaning that they are almost
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universally accepted as a fair and free method of selecting political leaders.
Concert of Europe a series of alliances among European nations in the 19th century, devised
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by Prince Klemens von Metternich to prevent the outbreak of revolutions