J1 History, Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna:
The demands of the great powers present at the congress:
- Great Britain: establishment of a balance of power on the continent
- France (ruled by the restored Bourbon monarchy): returned to the borders of 1792 and
returned into the “Pentarchie” (= the rule of five big states)
- Austria: preservation and expansion of her possessions in Middle and Eastern Europe
- Prussia: expansion of her power in Northern Germany
- Russia: won territories in the west and north (Kingdom of Poland, Grand Duchy of
Finland)
the rulers hoped for calmness – i.e. no revolutions
return to the principles / ideas of ‘legitimacy’ (the princes, who said they had been
placed into their positions by God, had the right to rule their inherited realms);
restoration (restitution) of the princes expelled by the revolution; Holy Alliance of the
tsar of Russia with the Emperor of Austria and with the
King of Prussia
But: no re-establishment of the
Hoy Roman Empire of German Nation, only
foundation of the German Confederation,
which consisted of 39 states no German nation state
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