HIST 1013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Alphonse De Lamartine, Gie, Royal Aeronautical Society
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Frederick william the 3rd king of prussia. Necessary to put europe back together following frances rise. Prince metternich and prince talleyrand really were the ones to make the difference. They wanted to reestablish a europe with peace and order, (cid:449)ith (cid:374)o uphea(cid:448)al (cid:272)aused (cid:271)y fra(cid:374)(cid:272)e"s revolution. They wanted to restore europe as best they could to pre french revolution. The first thi(cid:374)g they did (cid:449)as re(cid:373)o(cid:448)e napoleo(cid:374)"s relati(cid:448)es fro(cid:373) positio(cid:374)s of po(cid:449)er. The pope was also restored to the papal states. The swiss confederation was restored with a promise of strict neutrality. T(cid:449)o pla(cid:272)es (cid:449)here the old order (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e restored. Put the city-states into the germanic confederation under control of the. Combine with the austrian netherlands to create a buffer state to france. They set a pact to meet repeatedly to deal with any new issues that come up. The congress set the stage for 33 years of relative peace.
