THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA 1814-1815 CLEANING UP EUROPE AFTER NAPOLEON.
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THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA1814-1815
CLEANING UP EUROPE AFTER NAPOLEON
3 GOALS
COMPENSATIONLEGITIMACYBALANCE OF POWER
COMPENSATIONTO BE GIVEN
SOMETHING IN RETURN FOR A SERVICE OR SACRIFICE
NATIONS GAIN TERRITORY FOR HELP IN DEFEATING NAPOLEON
COMPENSATION
AUSTRIA GETS NORTHERN ITALY
PRUSSIA GETS WESTERN GERMAN STATES
COMPENSATIONRUSSIA GETS FINLAND & POLAND
HOLLAND GAINS BELGIUM & LUXEMBOURG
FRANCE’S BORDERS PUSHED BACK TO 1789
CONGRESS OF VIENNA MAP
LEGITIMACYTHE LEGAL, CORRECT
OR AUTHENTIC ONEFORMER RULING
FAMILIES RESTORED TO POWER
LEGITIMACY
JOSEPH & LOUIS BONAPARTE REMOVED FROM THRONES
LOUIS XVIII RESTORED TO THRONE
BALANCE OF POWER
TO ENSURE NO ONE NATION IS STRONGER THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS
BALANCE OF POWERFRANCE SURROUNDED
BY STRONG NEIGHBORS HOLY ALLIANCE
FORMED (RUSSIA, AUSTRIA & PRUSSIA)
BALANCE OF POWER
CONCERT OF EUROPE FORMED BY RUSSIA, PRUSSIA, AUSTRIA & G. BRITAIN
BALANCE OF POWERFIRST SERIOUS ATTEMPT
AT COLLECTIVE SECURITY FOR EUROPE (MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN TIME OF TROUBLE)
LEGACY
ATTEMPTED (& FAILED) TO STOP SPREAD OF
NATIONALISM
LEGACY
REVOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA
BALANCE OF POWER IN EUROPE MAINTAINED FOR NEXT 100 YEARS (UNTIL WWI)
LEGACYNEW EUROPEAN NATIONS
CREATED TOWARD END OF CENTURY
IDEAS OF DEMOCRACY CONTINUED TO SPREAD & GROW
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