1. The Congress of Vienna (Sept 1, 1814 – June 9, 1815)
Lecture~ 5 ( )
Objective~ Understand the impact of the Congress

2. Key Players at Vienna (Concert of Europe)
Foreign Minister, Viscount Castlereagh (Br.)
Tsar Alexander I (Rus.)
The “Host” Prince Klemens von Metternich (Aus.)
King Frederick William III (Prus.)
Foreign Minister, Charles Maurice de Tallyrand (Fr.)

3. Key Principles Established at Vienna
Goal~ undo everything that Nap did:
Reduce France to its old boundaries
Compensation/reparations (pay 700,000,000 francs)
Coalition forces occupied France for 3-5 years
Restore old monarchies to their thrones
Create a balance of power (preserve the peace)

4. Changes Made at Vienna Russia was given most of Poland
A Germanic Confederation of 30+ (was previous 300), under Austrian rule
Austria was given back territory it had lost (N. Italy)
Norway and Sweden were joined.
Switzerland neutrality = guaranteed.
Britain was given Cape Colony, South Africa….
slave trade was condemned (at British urging).
Freedom of navigation was guaranteed for many rivers.
Prussia was given half of Saxony, parts of Poland, & other German territories.
The House of Orange was given the Dutch Republic and the Austrian Netherlands to rule.

5. Europe before Conference (1812)

6. Europe After the Congress

7. Storybook & Terms Due Wed
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