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The Congress of Vienna was a series of meetings held in late 1814 and early 1815 to settle arising from almost 25 years of war between France and the rest of Europe. The decision making was done in Vienna, Austria. These workable settlements won credit for helping avoid any wide European conflict for 100 years afterward. The chief decisions were made by representetives of the Victorious Quadruple Alliance. This alliance consisted of Austria, Prussia, And the United Kingdom. Congress restored many Eropean kings and princess who were forced down power by Napoleon or by forces associated with the French Revolution.======


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The European congress wanted to weaken France, but did not want to leave it powerless. If they did leave France powerless that might cause France to seek revenge. However if they broke France up another countrie might become very powerful and would become a threat. As a result balancing the power of France and Europe, France remained a major but diminished European power. In addition no country in Europe could easily overpower another.======

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The great powers of Europe affirmed the principle of legitimacy. Agreeing that as many as possible of the rulers whom Napoleon had driven from thier thrones be restored to power. The participants in the Congress of Vienna believed that the return of the former monarchs would stabalize political relations among the nations.======

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The Congress of Vienna was political triumph in many ways. For the first time the nations of an entire continent had cooperated to control political affairs. The settlement was fair enough that no country was left bearing a grudge. furthermore, the Congress did not water the seeds of future wars. This was one of the more succcesful than many other peace meetings in history.======

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The European countries agreed to come to one another's aid in case of threats of peace. The Congress of Vienna created a lasting peace, none of the 5 great powers waged war on one another for nearly 40 years. The peace streak ended when Britian and France fought Russia in the Crimean War (in 1853).======

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Though there was peace in Europe each countrie ruled differently. Britian and France now had constitutional monarchies. the governments in Eastern and Central Europe were more conservative. The rulers of Russia, Austria, and Prussia were absolute monarchs. The rulers of Europe were very nervouse about the legacy of the French Revolution. They worried that the ideas of liberty,equality,and fraternity might encourage revolutions elsewere. In late 1815 Czar Alexander I, Emperor Francis I of Austria, and King Frederick William III of Prussia signed an agreement called the Holy Alliance. In it, they pledge to base their relations with other nations on Christian principles in order to combat the forces of revolution. Next a series of alliances divised by Metternich, called the Concert of Europe, ensured that nations would help one another if any revolutions broke out. Metternich was the Prince of Austria, his full name was Klemens von Metternich.======

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Despite the efforts to undo the French revolution, the leaders at the Congress of Vienna could not change the past. The Revolution had given Europe its first experiment in democratic government. The experiment had failed, but it had set new political ideas in motion. The major political upheavals if the early 1800's had their roots in the French revolution.======

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