Congress Of Vienna And The Concert Of Europe

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Congress of Vienna and the Concert of Europe This response paper is about the Congress of Vienna and the Concert of Europe and the efforts to maintain peace in Europe after the Napoleonic Wars, the roles of conservative ideas in promoting the restoration of traditional order, the ideas that conservatives promote to reach this end, the response of liberals to the restoration, ideas and agendas that liberals promote in politics and economics. The Congress of Vienna of 1815 consisted mainly of four great powers at first, Austria, Russia, Prussia and Great Britain(they’re referred to as powers), the so called “quadruple Alliance,”1 which came together in Vienna Austria to make sure France and basically any other part of Europe couldn’t be in a position to dominate Europe in the future. But the Congress’ main goals were to bring an end to Napoleons wars and restore peace in Europe. The four powers that met at the Congress of Vienna finally gave the defeated power, France, a generous settlement of the war. They occupied France until 1818 when France paid them and gave back the land they had secured from the wars. Basically Napoleons actions at Waterloo cost them more land and money as before they didn’t have to repay. France joined the five other nations, making the alliance of four an alliance of five. And at first France was an observer, even though French was the official language of the conference. France’s Talleyrand gradually got France back to the front of the conference. The Congress had three main goals. The first one was to redistribute land. There was a need to redraw the map of Europe after years of fighting and warfare. They wanted to balance the amount of land and borders so that no one power could easily take off and begin an international conflict. It was seen as important to maintaining the peace across Europe. The second, to achieve a balance of
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