1. METTERNICH SYSTEM …OR… ERA OF METTERNICH
PRINCE KLEMENS WENZEL VON METTERNICH
BORN IN COBLENZ, GERMANY IN 15 MAY 1773
STUDIED AT STRASBURG AND MAINZ
AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IN 1809
DOMINATED EUROPEAN POLITICS FROM 1814 TO 1848
RESTORER OF THE OLD REGIME AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE AFTER THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
AFTER THE FALL OF THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT IN 1848, HE FLED TO ENGLAND
DIED IN VIENNA ON 11 JUNE 1859

2. METTERNICH SYSTEM …OR… ERA OF METTERNICH
CONGRESS OF VIENNA
(RESTORATION, LEGITIMACY AND COMPENSATION)
CREATING BALANCE OF POWER
PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO
SNUFF OUT SPARKS OF REVOLUTION AND LIBERALISM
PRESERVING THE EUROPEAN ORDER
POSSESSING POWER OF MONARCHY
MAINTAINING STABILITY BY CONVINCING THE GREAT POWERS