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WARM UP 10
What is more important: stability
(to feel safe) or liberty (to be free)?
1. What three groups made up the Third
Estate?
2. What was it called when the peasants
rebelled against their feudal landlords?
3. How did Napoleon control the countries
neighboring the French Empire?
4. What is Nationalism?
1. What were Napoleon’s three mistakes?
2. What was the Hundred Days?
3. What battle finally ended Napoleon’s bid
for power-His last battle?
Objectives
1. List the results of the Congress of Vienna
2. Show how the ideas of the French Revolution
continued to influence people.
Essential Question
What was the Congress of Vienna and how
did it affect Europe?
The Big Idea
After exiling Napoleon, European leaders at
the Congress of Vienna tried to restore order
and reestablish peace. Today, we still have
international bodies that play a role in world
peace.
Congress of Vienna
September 1, 1814 - June 9, 1815
New European Order
Decisions made by the “great powers”
 Russia
 Prussia
 Austria
 Great Britain
 France
European leaders were looking to establish long-lasting
peace and stability after Napoleon’s defeat
Congress of Vienna - series of meetings in Vienna, Austria
called to achieve collective security and stability for the
entire continent
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 What was the goal of the Congress of
Vienna?
Key Players
at Vienna
Czar Alexander I
(Russia)
King Frederick
William III
(Prussia)
Foreign Minister,
Viscount Castlereagh
(Britain)
The “Host”
Prince Klemens von
Metternich (Austria)
Foreign Minister Charles
Maurice de Tallyrand
(France)
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 Who was the major player in the
Congress of Vienna?
Prince Klemens von Metternich of Austria
Distrusted democratic ideals of French Revolution
Goals for the Congress of Vienna
1. Prevent future French aggression by surrounding it with
strong countries
2. Restore a balance of power so no country would be a
threat to others
3. Restore Europe’s royal families to the throne’s they had
before Napoleon’s conquests
Containment of France

France was deprived of all territory conquered by
Napoleon.

Russia was given most of Poland

Prussia was given half of Saxony, parts of
Poland, and other German territories.

A Germanic Confederation of 30+ states
(including Prussia) was created from the previous
300, under Austrian rule.

Austria was given back territory it had lost
recently, plus more in Germany and Italy.
Check for Understanding
What happened to land gained by
France under Napoleon?
The Germanic Confederation
1815
Legitimacy
Legitimacy- agreement that the monarchs
Napoleon took out of power would be
restored
Congress delegates hoped that restoring
the monarch’s power would stabilize
political relations among nations
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Legitimacy said who should come back
into power now?
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How was the Congress of Vienna a step
back for democracy?
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Why did they want kings to return to
power?
Balance of Power
• Wanted to weaken France not
leave it powerless
• Did not want countries to easily
take over others
• If France was severely punished =
revenge
• If they divided France a stronger
nation would conquer
• Result= France remained a major
but diminished European power
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Why didn‘t’ they punish France further
by taking all their land?
Legacy of the Congress
 1st time the nations of an entire continent had cooperated to
control political affairs
 Fair enough that no country was left holding a grudge
 Ensured balance of power and peace for the entire continent
 Created a lasting peace (40 years)
 More successful than many other peace meetings in history
Check for Understanding
The Congress of Vienna created a
__________ of __________.
Political Changes Beyond Vienna
Czar Alexander I, Emperor Francis
I of Austria, and King Frederick
William III of Prussia
Holy Alliance- pledged to base
relations with other nations on
Christian principals to combat
revolution
Concert of Europe- series of
alliances devised by Metternich to
ensure nations would help each
other if revolution broke out
All of these agreements
suppressed nationalism in
European countries.
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What countries were involved in the Holy
Alliance?
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The Concert of Europe promised what?
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What happened to nationalism as a
result of the Congress of Vienna?
France After the Congress of Vienna
 Ideas of the French Revolution couldn‘t be contained
 Divided France with factions
 Conservatives wanted to keep the monarch Louis XVIII
 Liberals wanted to legislature to have more power
 Lower classes wanted ideals of revolution
 There was no stopping the ideas learned from the French Revolution.
 Revolution gave Europe its first experiment with a democratic government and
political upheavals of the 1800s (Latin America) had their roots in the French
Revolution
Summary
What was the Congress of Vienna and how
did it affect Europe?