The Congress of Vienna (September 1, 1814 – June 9, 1815)

Congress of Vienna 1815 What is it? Peace Conference Who is there??? Great Britain Austria- Klemens von Metternich Prussia Russia France

Europe in 1812 during Napoleon

Europe After the C.O.V. 1815

On the back of your packet write out the following terms:  Containment  Balance of Power  Compensation  Legitimacy  Liberalism 19 th c.  Conservatism 19 th c.  Decentralized  Klemens von Metternich  Kaiser Wilhelm II  Otto von Bismarck

PPrevent France from being aggressive again…contain France! RRestore the “balance of power” TThe principle of “compensation” …$ Reparations from aggressors TThe principle of “legitimacy” …what is proper/right, conservatism, undo French Revolution ideas

Results of the C.O.V.  New nations…Switzerland and neutral  No Poland  New borders for many-France back to 1790 border  Increase power of German areas and Italian areas to balance Russia and France  Take German areas and create a “federation”, but dominated by Prussia

 The slave trade was condemned (at British urging)  Do not trust democracy  Believed Napoleon’s aggression an “effect” of democracy  Liberalism (Democracy) vs. Conservatism (Monarchies)

Long Term Effects?  Britain and Prussia became more powerful  Nationalism grows in Greece, German Confederation, and Italian areas (People without a “nation”)  Treated France well enough they did not want revenge

Louis XVIII restored with limits The French overthrow 2 more monarchs 1848 they elect nephew of Napoleon as president France finally on stable track

Greece wants independence from Ottoman Empire GB, France, Russia help them win independence in 1830 Lots of sympathy in USA

COV wanted German areas to remain decentralized Prussia has other plans Led by King Wilhelm I and military general Otto von Bismarck Bismarck wants all of the German regions to be under Prussian king (Kaiser Wilhelm)

Still an absolute monarchy under the czars Things will go downhill fast by 1914…

Next up…  Chapter 23 test on Tuesday  The Irish and what the British do to them in the 1800’s  The Industrial Revolution (again)  Let’s unite Germany and Italy and…  Start World War One in 1914