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    The Congress of Vienna was convened following Napoleon's exile to organize a stable peace in Europe. The main powers involved were Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, with France later joining. They sought to restore pre-1792 monarchies and borders while avoiding further conflict. However, disagreements between Prussia and Russia over territories raised concerns for Austria. The return of Napoleon also hastened the conclusion of negotiations. The final agreement adjusted borders but failed to address nationalism, sowing the seeds for future revolution.

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    The Congress of Vienna was convened following Napoleon's exile to organize a stable peace in Europe. The main powers involved were Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, with France later joining. They sought to restore pre-1792 monarchies and borders while avoiding further conflict. However, disagreements between Prussia and Russia over territories raised concerns for Austria. The return of Napoleon also hastened the conclusion of negotiations. The final agreement adjusted borders but failed to address nationalism, sowing the seeds for future revolution.

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    The Congress of Vienna was convened following Napoleon's exile to organize a stable peace in Europe. The main powers involved were Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, with France later joining. They sought to restore pre-1792 monarchies and borders while avoiding further conflict. However, disagreements between Prussia and Russia over territories raised concerns for Austria. The return of Napoleon also hastened the conclusion of negotiations. The final agreement adjusted borders but failed to address nationalism, sowing the seeds for future revolution.

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    Honors and World History

    Mr. Clifford

    Name__________________________

    Congress of Vienna
    From: http://www.napoleonguide.com/convienna.htm

    Following the exile of Napoleon Bonaparte to Elba, the victorious Allied powers began
    a series of committee sessions in Vienna to sort out the problems of Europe.

    The Big Four were Britain, Austria, Prussia and Russia, although the newly royalist
    France was invited to join later.

    The key thing in the minds of the Allies was to organize a peace that would bring
    stability to Europe and contain, but not punish France.

    In a bid to improve the status of Louis XVIII, the Allies decided to avoid imposing
    damaging reparations on France and allowed her to keep her former colonies. Within
    Europe, she was forced back to her 1792 borders, which effectively meant the loss of
    only the Low Countries.

    While a workable peace was the ultimate objective, the Allies also wanted to restore
    the legitimate rulers of Europe to their pre-1792 thrones - but not at the expense of
    disrupting the balance of power within the continent. The issue of minor nationalities
    being able to decide their own fate was also an important consideration.
    France's representative at the Congress, Charles Talleyrand-Perigord, was at his
    politically savvy best during the meetings and brilliantly worked on the distrust the
    Allies had for each other.

    His task was made easier by Prussia and Russia's plans for Saxony, which basically
    meant the former annexing the country in exchange for Russia gaining three-
    quarters of the Duchy of Warsaw. Austria would be thrown the remainder.

    This, of course, made Austria nervous of a far stronger Russia and so Vienna sought
    a secret military alliance with Britain and France while mobilizing its troops.

    The specter of renewed war in Europe, particularly between former allies, was
    enough to bring sense to the negotiations and they resolved the issues with more
    open minds.

    Saxony was to remain independent under its formerly pro-Bonapartist King Frederick
    Augustus, although he had to give Prussia one third of his territories. The obvious
    distaste felt by the Saxon king can be realized in that it took three months for him to
    agree to the ceding of the lands.

    The Duchy of Warsaw became a subject kingdom under the Russian Tsar; Holland
    was created and incorporated Belgium, while Austria regained control of various
    Italian territories.

    The return of Bonaparte and his triumphal move on Paris sped up the Congress's
    progress, although the final document was only signed nine days before the battle of
    Waterloo.

    While it dealt with the restoration of what was hoped would be stabilizing
    monarchies, by not dealing with the issues of nationalism the Congress sowed the
    seeds of a new revolutionary period.

    And much of the Prussian distrust towards Britain in the 100 Days' Campaign stems
    from London's secret alliance with France and Austria.
    This map illustrates Napoleon’s Empire at its height.

    This map illustrates Europe after the Congress of Vienna.


    This is a modern map of Europe.

    Questions from the text:

    1. State the big four nations at the Congress of Vienna.

    2. Who did they want to restore to their pre-1792 statuses?

    3. Why was Austria nervous of a strong Russia?

    4. Why was the Congress of Vienna forced to speed up its progress?


    5. What sowed the seeds of a new revolutionary period?

    6. List three vocabulary words from the reading which you did not know.

    Questions from the Map:

    1. Name the modern day European countries which would be included in


    Napoleon’s Empire.

    2. Name the countries that existed after the Congress of Vienna which still exist
    today.

    3. How do you think people living in Europe felt about the Congress o Vienna?
    How do you think people felt when new countries were created that divided
    people who thought of themselves as one people?

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