Congress of Vienna Flashcards
1
Q
When?
A
1815
2
Q
Which ism-?
A
Conservatism
3
Q
Who?
A
GB- Castlereagh
France- Prince Talleyrand
Russia- Czar Alexander I
Austria- King Francis II and Klemens von Metternich
Prussia- Fredrick William III
4
Q
Why?
A
They defeated Napolean and wanted to celebrate. They also wanted to reestablish peace within the great powers and wanted to redraw the map of Europe to erase Napoleon.
5
Q
This lasted 40 years (Give or take) until….
A
- 1848 revolutions
- The Crimean war
6
Q
Three Goals
A
- Buffers (Surrounding France and nations that don’t mess with them)
- Created the United Netherlands (Problem because they don’t like each other)
- Restore of BOP
- Nobody ends up as winner or loser
- Legitimacy (Most conservative)
- Monarch has to have real claim by blood
7
Q
Problems
A
- Great Britian and France are like “Lets fight each other” (Threating war against each other)
- GB doesn’t trust Russia and wanted to put buffers around them
- Russia complaining, they didn’t get any land but… (:|)they already have a huge amount of land
8
Q
Concert of Europe
A
Military Alliance between GB FRAP to keep conservatism and stopping liberalism coming in the form of riots or conflicts.
- Also called the Metternich system
9
Q
Holy Alliance
A
Its RAP because they have a greater risk because they are absolutists.
10
Q
Challanges (5)
A
- Spain- in 1820 was trying to get their king to be a constitutional but it wasn’t so the French army violently dies this down.
- Russia- in 1825 was having this revolt (Decembrist) because they wanted to modernize and wanted liberal reforms and czar Nicholes I is like okay… but them brutally slaughters them to show case them.
- France- People where revolting against Louis XVIII because he wasn’t super liberal, but this dies down and doesn’t go anywhere.
- Belgium- They are fighting for their independence and in 1831 the concert of Europe gives them it because they want a strong buffer state.
- Poland- Polish people are living in Russian territory and they want independence, and Nicholes I destroys them.
11
Q
Conserative results
A
- They restore monarchs and destroy social contracts
- Anti- Enlightment and liberal ideas
12
Q
Governments and Political power
A
- GB
- Has a parliament but the people don’t have all the power because the power is still in the wealthy
- France
- King has more power than the French body (Chamber of duties
- Spain & Portugal
- Show them off because they don’t want them to have liberal reforms and such.
- Eastern Europe
- Holy alliance (RAP)
