HIST 1003 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: River Irk, River Irwell, 1842 General Strike
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The congress of vienna: old monarchies, new borders: after the initial defeat of napoleon in 1814, the victorious powers, britain, prussia, austria, and. Russia, sent high-ranking delegates to vienna to decide how to reconstitute a war-torn (cid:272)o(cid:374)ti(cid:374)e(cid:374)t. negotiatio(cid:374)s (cid:449)e(cid:396)e halted fo(cid:396) se(cid:448)e(cid:396)al (cid:373)o(cid:374)ths du(cid:396)i(cid:374)g napoleo(cid:374)"s hu(cid:374)d(cid:396)ed da(cid:455)s, (cid:271)ut i(cid:374) Led by the conservative austrian foreign minister clemens von. Metternich, the delegates agreed to form a concert of europe that would meet from time to time to concert or coordinate efforts to preserve this balance of power and collectively suppress revolution. In vienna, metternich, who was known as the coachman of europe for his ability to crack his whip and force others to do his bidding, also tried to suppress the genie of nationalism. Napoleon had inadvertently conjured, and to restore the kings and provincial lords the. For a time, his efforts succeeded, at the cost, however, of considerable repression and discontent among liberals such as tocqueville, as well as among.
