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| Congress of Vienna | A meeting of the Quadruple Alliance (Russia, Prussia, Great Britain, Austria) with France) to create a peace settlement after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. Restored a Bourbon to the throne, light punishment for France, barriers raised around France, each member of the alliance gained some territory, Second Peace of Paris was slightly more restricting. -1814-1815 -Began the European "congress system"(agreed to meet again) and demonstrated balance of power. |
| Metternich | Austrian diplomat * Representative at Congress of Vienna * urged conservatives to act quickly to crush uprisings |
| balance of power | Distribution of military and economic power to prevent any one power from becoming too strong |
| legitmacy | a principle from the Congress of Vienna, dedicated to restoring monarchies that the French Revolution or Napoleon had removed from their thrones |
| Concert of Europe | ensured nations would help each other if a revolution broke out, this idea was devised by Metternich at the Congress of Vienna |
| Holy Alliance | an alliance formed by Austria, Russia, and Prussia in September 1815 that represented the repression of liberal and revolutionary movements across Europe |
| Contianment policy | to surround France and keep it weak |
| Great Powers | Russia, Prussia, Austria, Great Britain, France |
| Netherlands | Dutch Reoublic/Austrian Neterlands combined into one nation |
| Switzerland | New Independent nation |
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