The Congress of Vienna took place after Napoleon's first downfall. The goal of it was to create a way for people in power remain in power when threatened, and what they should do if their power was threatened. It was held in Austria by Prince Klemens von Metternich. The goal was to create a balance of power. We read documents and watched videos about the Congress of Vienna in class.
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Borders redrawn by the Congress of Vienna
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One concept created at the Congress of Vienna was the Principle of Intervention, which stated that the great powers of Europe had the right to send troops into a country to stop revolution and restore monarchs. This allowed monarchs to stay in power by having allies who could assist them if they were losing power because of a revolution. Great Britain did not agree to this however, and would not send in troops to help monarchies. The Congress of Vienna was a conservative ideology form of government. Power was restored to the monarchs and little to no power for the citizens. This would lead to revolutions which would test how effective the Congress of Vienna was.
The Congress of Vienna did not make the right choice in the end. Many rebellions would break out across Europe like a bad rash. The better solution was one that would allow people to have a say in power, like a constitutional monarchy that divided power well, not retaining to much, but not having little power.
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