Chapter 21 Flashcards
Congress of Vienna
Establish order and peace in Europe after Napoleonic wars (quadruple alliance - Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia)
Prince Klemens von Metternich
Leads congress of Vienna
The principal of legitimacy
Put legit rulers back on thrown
Conservatism
Idea based of tradition of organized religion, obedience to authority, and resisting change
Principle of intervention
Great powers of Europe have the right to send armies into countries experiencing a revolution to restore monarchs
Corn law
High tax on foreign grain
The burschenschaften
Student organizations who wanted to create a unified Germany
Liberalism
People should be as free as positive
Economic liberalism
Government should not interfere with the economy
Political liberalism
Power should be restricted so people can get basic civil liberties
Nationalism
Each nationality should get their own nation. Being part of a community
Socialism
Government should own production, social equality, human cooperation is better than competition
Romanticism
Emphasizes emotion sentiment in your feelings, rejection of reasoning, and discovering the truth of the enlightenment.
Capitalism
Individual ownership and control of property. Motive to make a profit.