HIST 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Decembrist Revolt, Congress Of Vienna, Monroe Doctrine
13 Nov 2017
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Lecture 7 - restoration europe: the congress of vienna. Standing against liberalism and nationalism that espoused organizing states along ethnic or national lines and demanded reforms in the name of the popular sovereignty that conservatives blamed for the fr revolution and napoleonic era. Countries and colonies conquered returned to former countries: maintaining power in europe. Decreasing power for king louis xviii-so people won"t be nostalgic about their past glories. Putting old rulers back on their thrones lenient treatment of france by allies (gb. Foreign secretary viscount robert castlereagh and wellington of gb. Commanding figure of the congress: metternich: main objective: to maintain peace and prevent revolution. Crafted a piece of work that avoided a war before ww1. Specific objectives(swap of territories all over the places) (a) to restore legitimacy disrupted by the. Restored bourbons to france, spain and kingdom of the.
