FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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One of three social classes in France before the French Revolution.
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Village in Belgium near which the Duke of Wellington led British and Prussian forces to final victory over Napoleon.
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A wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789.
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A series of meetings in 1814-15, during which European leaders sought to establish long-lasting peace and security after the defeat of Napoleon.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Waterloo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋaːtərloː] ( listen)) was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium). A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Battle of Waterloo was fought on 18 June 1815 between Napoleon’s French Army and a coalition led by the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher. The decisive battle of its age, it concluded a war that had raged for 23 years, ended French attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon’s imperial power forever.
Detailed explanation-3: -The defeat at Waterloo ended Napoleon’s rule as Emperor of the French and marked the end of his Hundred Days return from exile. The battle also ended the First French Empire and set a chronological milestone between serial European wars and a time of relative peace.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Battle of Waterloo marked the final defeat of Napoleon. On June 22, 1815, four days after losing the conflict, Napoleon abdicated as emperor of France for the second and last time and was later exiled to St. Helena.