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Discuss: . What should be done to make sure no one is able to take over most of Europe ever again?. Congress of Vienna. What Really Happened…. Goals of the meeting: . Stop democratic ideals Never change the laws Prevent future democratic revolts Balance of Power

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  1. Discuss: • What should be done to make sure no one is able to take over most of Europe ever again?

  2. Congress of Vienna What Really Happened…

  3. Goals of the meeting: • Stop democratic ideals • Never change the laws • Prevent future democratic revolts • Balance of Power • Restore Europe’s Royal Families to the thrones as monarchs

  4. Who was there? • PRINCE CLEMENS VON METTERNICH OF AUSTRIA • Most influential of all the members, considered the “host” • Representatives from: • Russia • Prussia • Austria • Great Britain • France

  5. France—What should France’s borders be? • Borders prior to the Congress of Vienna

  6. France—What should France’s borders be? • Reduced to its traditional size

  7. Poland—A small nation that had been recreated by Napoleon that is wedged between Prussia, Russia & Austria

  8. Poland—A small nation that had been recreated by Napoleon that is wedged between Prussia, Russia & Austria • Annexed (taken) by Russia

  9. Saxony—A decent sized Germ an state formerly controlled by France

  10. Saxony—A decent sized German state formerly controlled by France • Annexed by Prussia

  11. German Confederacy—A loose alliance made up of Prussian, Austrian, and 37 other German states.

  12. Austrian Leadership German Confederacy—A loose alliance made up of Prussian, Austrian, and 37 other German states.

  13. Lowlands—Nations to the northeast of France (Belgium & Holland that had been added to France under Napoleon.

  14. Lowlands—Nations to the northeast of France (Belgium & Holland that had been added to France under Napoleon. • United into a relatively strong nation under the House of Orange.

  15. Italy—Made up of dozens of small states to the southeast of France

  16. Italy—Made up of dozens of small states to the southeast of France • Northern Italy will be split between Austria and the Kingdom of Piedmont

  17. Finland—A nation on the border of Russia.

  18. Finland—A nation on the border of Russia. • Option #2 • Annexed by Russia

  19. French and Dutch Colonies—In Africa & India that the British seized during war.

  20. French and Dutch Colonies—In Africa & India that the British seized during war. • Given to Britain

  21. Slave Trade—Transporting Africans to the New World.

  22. Slave Trade—Transporting Africans to the New World. • Condemned and made illegal. To be enforced by the British Navy. • Does this happen?

  23. Holy Alliance—Made up of the Three Emperors (Prussia, Austria & Russia)

  24. Holy Alliance—Made up of the Three Emperors (Prussia, Austria & Russia) • A weak alliance that would oppose an aggressive France

  25. Concert of Europe • Alliances to help one another if revolutions or war broke out

  26. What else changes? • Because Napoleon took the Spanish king out of power and the Congress of Vienna put him back in power… • Creoles (Colonists born in Spanish America) revolt • Peninsulares (Colonists born in Spain) try to take control of Spain • Mexicans and other Latin American countries revolt

  27. What modern example does the Congress of Vienna sound like?

  28. French Revolution legacies • Changed the views of government in Europe and the world • Brought democratic ideals to the world • Caused the Catholic church to lose government power • Sparked other revolutions around the world!

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