THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA1814-1815

CLEANING UP EUROPE AFTER NAPOLEON

3 GOALS

COMPENSATIONLEGITIMACYBALANCE OF POWER

COMPENSATIONTO BE GIVEN

SOMETHING IN RETURN FOR A SERVICE OR SACRIFICE

NATIONS GAIN TERRITORY FOR HELP IN DEFEATING NAPOLEON

COMPENSATION

AUSTRIA GETS NORTHERN ITALY

PRUSSIA GETS WESTERN GERMAN STATES

COMPENSATIONRUSSIA GETS FINLAND & POLAND

HOLLAND GAINS BELGIUM & LUXEMBOURG

FRANCE’S BORDERS PUSHED BACK TO 1789

CONGRESS OF VIENNA MAP

LEGITIMACYTHE LEGAL, CORRECT

OR AUTHENTIC ONEFORMER RULING

FAMILIES RESTORED TO POWER

LEGITIMACY

JOSEPH & LOUIS BONAPARTE REMOVED FROM THRONES

LOUIS XVIII RESTORED TO THRONE

BALANCE OF POWER

TO ENSURE NO ONE NATION IS STRONGER THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS

BALANCE OF POWERFRANCE SURROUNDED

BY STRONG NEIGHBORS HOLY ALLIANCE

FORMED (RUSSIA, AUSTRIA & PRUSSIA)

BALANCE OF POWER

CONCERT OF EUROPE FORMED BY RUSSIA, PRUSSIA, AUSTRIA & G. BRITAIN

BALANCE OF POWERFIRST SERIOUS ATTEMPT

AT COLLECTIVE SECURITY FOR EUROPE (MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN TIME OF TROUBLE)

LEGACY

ATTEMPTED (& FAILED) TO STOP SPREAD OF

NATIONALISM

LEGACY

REVOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA

BALANCE OF POWER IN EUROPE MAINTAINED FOR NEXT 100 YEARS (UNTIL WWI)

LEGACYNEW EUROPEAN NATIONS

CREATED TOWARD END OF CENTURY

IDEAS OF DEMOCRACY CONTINUED TO SPREAD & GROW