Agenda• Bell Ringer: What were the three major mistakes
of Napoleon?• Napoleon Propaganda/Chart• Congress of Vienna Lecture• Map Activity Congress of Vienna• Match Game/Chart• Discussion: Impacts of the Congress• Common Assessment
• HW: Whatever we don’t finish today.
Restoring Stability in France• Foreign Minister of Austria,
Metternich, leads the Congress of Vienna.
• Distrusted the Revolution, • Prevent French aggression
by surrounding it with stronger countries.– Contain France
• Restore a balance of power. (Alliances)
• Restore Europe’s royal families.
Legitimacy
• France required to give up all territory gained under Napoleon.
• All monarchs kicked out by Napoleon are put back into power
• Fair treatment for all, no grudges.
• Allowed peace until 1853 (Crimean War)
Conservative Europe• Alliances form between
Absolutist rulers.• Concert of Europe added to the
alliance system, aid would arrive for any conflict between powers.
• However, Enlightenment ideas were out there, and new philosophies emerge.
• Constitutional Monarchy is maintained in England and France.
• Russia, Prussia, and Austria maintained Absolutism.
Political Changes Beyond Vienna• Three Philosophies Dominate.• Conservatism
– A desire for absolute rule, or rule of a Monarch.
• Liberalism– Wanted more rights, voting
for the middle class and more power given to Parliament/Chamber of Deputies.
• Nationalism– A pride for country emerges,
and this would lead to conflict.