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Kagan, Ch. 20, pp. 622-628
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General beliefs Obedience to political authority (legitimate monarchy) Organized religion was crucial to social order (established churches) Landed aristocracies Hated revolutionary upheavals Unwilling to accept civil liberties, representative governments (constitutions), or nationalistic aspirations State> individual – must be ordered and organized (tradition = best organizer)
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Specifically France: Louis XVIII: keep the throne England: Tory conservatives (pro Church and king) – preserve Old England Metternich: leading Germany, Austria, Italy, Central Europe: Habsburg supremacy*** Russia: Alexander I --- too liberal for Met. – can he be converted?
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Secure dominance in Austrian Empire Italy German Confederation (now 39 states) Why must these minorities not be allowed to develop constitutions?
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Frederick William III, Prussia 1817 promised constitution BUT…created Council of State INSTEAD 1819 ultra-conservatives put in charge of military 1823 est. 8 provincial diets ▪ dominated by Junkers ▪ acted in advisory role only Monarchy, army and Junkers revive old alliances to stave off nationalists as well as liberals
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Conservative control (Tories) in Great Britain under Lord Liverpool Post war economic depression – wages fall Corn Laws (1815) ▪ Prohibited importation of foreign grain unless domestic price rose above a certain levels – why is this problematic? 1816 income tax replaced with sales tax Increased movement to suspend Poor Laws Citizens call for Parliamentary reform (Cobbett, Cartwright, Hunt) 1817 Coercion Acts suspend habeas corpus, cracked down of “seditious gatherings” 1819 “Peterloo Massacre” St. Peter’s Field – 80,000 Manchester ▪ Pro universal suffrage, vs. Corn Laws – Soldiers fire! – 11 die ▪ (typical of conservative Lord Liverpool) 1819 Six Acts = repressive measures vs. radicals 1819, Cato Street Conspiracy
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Louis XVIII, 1814-1824 accepted Napoleonic Code; didn’t revoke property The Charter = bicameral legislature: Chamber of Peers (appointed) & Chamber of Deputies (elected) White Terror 1820 nephew (Duke de Berri) assassinated Charles X (aka Count of Artois), 1824-1830 total absolutist, although promises 1827 to uphold the principle of ministerial responsibility
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Austria ___________ France ___________ England ___________
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Quadruple and then Quintuple Alliances maintain peace and balance of power in Europe How would this be done? Principle of Legitimacy Principle of Intervention Holy Alliance? – not so much BUT Big Five would “interfere” in international disputes prior to Revolutions of 1848
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After Vienna, no one acts without consent Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818) Allies withdraw from France France enters “concert of Europe” Congress of Troppau (1820) Collective security vs. revolution Action vs. Spain / Naples (Eng vs. b/c of colonies!!!) Upholds Principles of Legitimacy & Intervention
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Congress of Laibach (1821) Austria authorized to intervene in Naples then Piedmont Congress of Verona (1822) French army vs. Spanish revolutionaries Greece – national uprising vs. Turks
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