blockade designed ny Napoleon to hurt Britain economically by closing European ports to British goods; ultimately unsuccessful
Guerrilla Warfare
fighting carried on through hit-and-run raids
Scorched Earth Policy
military tactic in which soldiers destroy everything in their path to hurt the enemy
Abdicate
to give up or step down from power
Legitmacy
principle by which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored
Concert of Europe
a system in which Austria, Russia, Prussia, and Great Britain met periodically to discuss any problems affecting the peace in Europe; resulted from the post-Napoleon era Quadruple Alliance