HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Crimean War, Congress Of Vienna, Aust
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Revolutions, crimean war, and challenge to the vienna system. Constitutionalism - states should be governed by a set of basic principles. Rights of people should be enshrined within a state. Napoleon had taken these ideas around europe - his army exported these ideas around. Fundamental conviction that the nation and the state should be equivalent. Common nationality of people who live within it. Common language and culture at the time produced a similar group of people - ultimate basis for political organization. People of one nation govern themselves and only themselves. Ideas of nationalism built up for a few decades with war to build new states. Group of frenchmen wanted to bring about revolution. Democratic banquets - feasts - revolution by food. One last one - procession itself falls into fighting (riots) Bloody showdown - used by proponents of constitutionalism and nationalism saying it leads to war, etc. Only a month after revolution in france it comes to vienna (1848)
