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The Congress of Vienna Convenes
Pages 213 - 216
Read these pages and fill in the appropriate answers below.
With the final defeat of Napoleon, the heads of European government were looking to establish a long lasting ________________ and ______________. A series of meetings, __________________________, were called to set up policies. The meetings included members from the five great powers:
The most influential member, from Austria, was __________________________. He _____________ the democratic ideals of France. He had three goals for the Congress of Vienna:
Rather than severely punish France and make the french resentful, they decided to make the countries around France stronger. France ended up with borders that were almost the same as in ______. France was also allowed to keep its _____________________________________________________________.
The Vienna Congress also agreed that as many as possible of the rulers that Napoleon had driven from power should be restored to power. This was called the principle of ________________. In France, this returned ___________________to the throne. For the first, the European nations were cooperating. The agreement was signed ___________________. The Congress of Vienna had created a time of __________.
Even though many monarchs were restored to power, there were
important differences. England and France had ______________
monarchies, while Russia, Prussia and Austria had ______________
monarchies. The Monarchs were still nervous about the
democratic principles of the French Revolution. In 1815, the leaders
of ___________, _____________, ____________ formed a league called
the ______________ ____________. Metternich formed more of these
alliances, until virtually all the countries were assured that they
would help out each other if any revolutions broke out. It was called
the ___________
___ ____________.
Still, the cries of revolution and democracy had changed everything. In France, the conservatives wanted __________________________________________________. The French liberals wanted ___________________________ __________________________________________________.
The Congress of Vienna left a legacy that would last for 100 years. Nationalism would grow and colonies would respond to the change in power. Still, the ideas about the basis of power and authority had changed permanently because of the French Revolution.
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