HIS344Y1 Lecture : September 21st 2010
Document Summary
Liberialism challeneged concept of balance of power. Many empires challenged by rising liberialism and nationalism, from the same place. 1805 and 1807, napoleon almost destorying this european system, almost creating a personal dictatorship. After napoleon, pleged to create an international system that would ensure and guarantee that another individual/threat like the french revolutionaries that could undermine the european state system. Congree of vienna: nationalism and liberialism would be eliminated. Holy alliance: to ensure no revolution would take part in their empires since all 3 empires were multi-ethnic empires. Quadruple alliance: strictly political and military alliance against the france if they try to take over europe again. Napoleon iii found a weak spot to tackle the weakest of the 3 empires j russia was isolated. The russians were the ones who defeated napoleon. 1854, russians no longer the great empire that they were once in 1814/1815.
