HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: John Stuart Mill, Giuseppe Mazzini, Monroe Doctrine

• School: Ball State University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 150
• Professor: Dr Parkinson

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Lecture 8 outline - reaction & more revolutions. Great powers consist of great britain, austria, prussia, & russia. Congress of vienna (1814) led by austria"s prince klemens von metternich (comes first!) To restore order- to restore the legitimate monarchs to their rightful thrones. Concert of europe (1815) consists of great britain, russia, austria, prussia, & later france. Meets periodically and adopts principle of intervention. Principle of intervention: idea that the great powers have the right to send armies into countries where there are revolutions to restore legitimate governments. They did not want to send their armies onto the european continent (because they are a great naval power not on land) Prior to 1800 latin & south america remain in hands of spain & portugal. Latin & south america countries slowly begin to break free. Columbia (1819) & venezuela (1821) obtain independence w/ aid of sim n bol var. Jos de san martin helps chile (1817) & peru (1821) obtain independence.