Congress of Vienna
Adeyoye 1
The late eighteenth century encompasses a great struggle around the time of the French
Revolution, in which several of the rebellious French groups begin to seek stability. Napoleon is
one of the most important political figures in particular due to his consolidation of the achievements of
the Revolution with Romanticism, and the most controversial when he is seen attempting to establish
an empire by conquering most of present-day Europe. Following Napoleon's downfall against growing
coalitions of the enemy, Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia agreed to form a Quadruple Alliance for
twenty years to preserve whatever settlement they agreed on, while establishing the Congress of Vienna
to deal with whatever remaining problems they still had. The Congress of Vienna consisted of these
four major European powers, whom of which were all intent on creating a balance of power to preserve
the peace in Napoleon's absence; ultimately, the Congress of Vienna would achieve all of their goals,
culminating in peace and the prevention of general war for a hundred years.
The Congress of Vienna was an international conference centered around the original
countries that had emerged victorious. Notably, each of these countries were involved in the forming of
several coalitions against France. Austria was one of Napolean's earliest victims, having formed the
First Coalition with Prussia and then the Second Coalition with Russia as an attempt to contain
Revolutionary France. They were represented later in congress by Prince Klemens von Metternich. He
was heavily conservative in his actions; however, he was willing to modify his ideals in order to for the
conference to be a success. Prussia was an area that remained neutral apart from the times when they
were forced into war, and as a result, their representative Prince Karl August von Hardenberg was also
very inactive.
The late eighteenth century encompasses a great struggle around the time of the French
Revolution, in which several of the rebellious French groups begin to seek stability. Napoleon is
one of the most important political figures in particular due to his consolidation of the achievements of
the Revolution with Romanticism, and the most controversial when he is seen attempting to establish
an empire by conquering most of present-day Europe. Following Napoleon's downfall against growing
coalitions of the enemy, Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia agreed to form a Quadruple Alliance for
twenty years to preserve whatever settlement they agreed on, while establishing the Congress of Vienna
to deal with whatever remaining problems they still had. The Congress of Vienna consisted of these
four major European powers, whom of which were all intent on creating a balance of power to preserve
the peace in Napoleon's absence; ultimately, the Congress of Vienna would achieve all of their goals,
culminating in peace and the prevention of general war for a hundred years.
The Congress of Vienna was an international conference centered around the original
countries that had emerged victorious. Notably, each of these countries were involved in the forming of
several coalitions against France. Austria was one of Napolean's earliest victims, having formed the
First Coalition with Prussia and then the Second Coalition with Russia as an attempt to contain
Revolutionary France. They were represented later in congress by Prince Klemens von Metternich. He
was heavily conservative in his actions; however, he was willing to modify his ideals in order to for the
conference to be a success. Prussia was an area that remained neutral apart from the times when they
were forced into war, and as a result, their representative Prince Karl August von Hardenberg was also
very inactive.