What Was The Cause And Result Of The Quasi-War?
1. What was the cause and result of the Quasi-War?
The Quasi-War was a short, undeclared war between America and Britain against France on sea while Adams was president. The Quasi-War was fought on July 7, 1798 until the Treaty of Mortefontaine on September 30, 1800 was signed. The payments between America and France were stopped because of the money that was owed to the French Crown. A group called the French Privateers captured the American Merchant ships so they could use them as their payments. They did this because of all the money they owed not only to the French crown, but to France because America stopped the payment between them. The Quasi-War was ended with the Convention of 1800 which is also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine. The Treaty of Mortefontaine, was a treaty between the U.S and France to settle things between them and end the Quasi-war. Part of the reason Napoleon ended …show more content…
the war was his reduction of activity to Warships and French Privateers. It grew out of the XYZ affair and finally, Napoleon came to power.
2. What did the Congress of Vienna accomplish?
The Congress of Vienna was started in September of 1814.
The most influential man to the Congress of Vienna was Prince Klemens Von Metternich. The Congress of Vienna was made up of Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia. They arranged the final peace. The Congress wanted to restore the Bourbon King of 1814 and restore the balance of power. With the congress it was able to bring back Balance of Power throughout Europe. Not only did the the Congress of Vienna accomplish the restoring of Balance of Power, but it also accomplished the end of there being any major European was until 1914. They used Tallyrand as a representative sent by France. The Congress of Vienna was victorius rulers who wanted to contain the change of the French revoltion that was unleashed. They adopted a Priciple of intervention, supposedly this principle had the right to send armies in other countries to restore legitimate monarchs to the thrones. Britain disagreed and suggested that they leave the internal affairs alone. The great powers used military force and ended the revolutions in Spain and
Italy.
3. Name at least two reasons why the Parisian Crowd targeted the Bastille.
The Parisian Crowds was started in February of 1848. King Louis XVI used force against the third estate. In Paris people began to revolt against the constitutional monarch of Louis Philippe. On July 14th the people of Paris were still revolt but moved to the City of Bastille with a crowd of 80,000. When they got there they wanted Bastille to surrender the fortress. One reason why they targeted Bastille was because of the Bourbon Tyranny. Another reason was because the prisoners were held by the king without any charge. Lastly, the cells at the fortress were only used for upper class felons. Due to these reason the Parisian Crowd fought Bastille. The Parisian Crowd stormed the city of Bastille for a total of four hours. By the time the Parisian Crowd was finished, Bastille was demolished. The Parisian crowd left in the hand of rebels.
4. What was the goal of the Holy Alliance?
The Holy Alliance was an alliance between Austria, Prussia, and Russia in 1815 by Prince Klemens Von Metternich. Although it was said to be by Metternich, it was originally started by Russian Tsar, Alexander 1. Great Britain was not part of the Holy Alliance, but they were part of the Quintuple Alliance, which was the previous alliance before the Holy Alliance. King George IV of Great Britain did not want to sign for the Alliance under any circumstances. The alliance fought ideas and politics for the revolution. It was a start of liberal ideas and maintains traditional values. The main purpose of the Holy Alliance was to uphold Christianity as the main faith. Alexander wanted to politics to come back before the all the Revolutions in Europe. The alliance was important for its union of politics and religion.
5. How did the French Revolution spark ideas of Liberalism and Nationalism throughout Europe?
Liberalism is a political philosophy that grew out of the Enlightenment, it said that people should be as free as possible from the government. Liberalism was tied to the middle-class men who wanted voting rights for themselves so they could have the same rights as the landowning classes. Nationalism didn’t really come about until the French Revolution. From that time on, nationalists believed that each Nationality should have its own government. Nationalism found a strong ally in liberalism. Liberals believed freedom could only be possible if some people could rule themselves.( Spielvogel) The different groups of people should have its own state. The French Revolutions sparked ideas of liberalism and Nationalism by making the countres more free. Conservative Forces wanted to maintain old order and with liberalism and Nationalism they were able to do this.
The Quasi-War was a short, undeclared war between America and Britain against France on sea while Adams was president. The Quasi-War was fought on July 7, 1798 until the Treaty of Mortefontaine on September 30, 1800 was signed. The payments between America and France were stopped because of the money that was owed to the French Crown. A group called the French Privateers captured the American Merchant ships so they could use them as their payments. They did this because of all the money they owed not only to the French crown, but to France because America stopped the payment between them. The Quasi-War was ended with the Convention of 1800 which is also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine. The Treaty of Mortefontaine, was a treaty between the U.S and France to settle things between them and end the Quasi-war. Part of the reason Napoleon ended …show more content…
the war was his reduction of activity to Warships and French Privateers. It grew out of the XYZ affair and finally, Napoleon came to power.
2. What did the Congress of Vienna accomplish?
The Congress of Vienna was started in September of 1814.
The most influential man to the Congress of Vienna was Prince Klemens Von Metternich. The Congress of Vienna was made up of Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia. They arranged the final peace. The Congress wanted to restore the Bourbon King of 1814 and restore the balance of power. With the congress it was able to bring back Balance of Power throughout Europe. Not only did the the Congress of Vienna accomplish the restoring of Balance of Power, but it also accomplished the end of there being any major European was until 1914. They used Tallyrand as a representative sent by France. The Congress of Vienna was victorius rulers who wanted to contain the change of the French revoltion that was unleashed. They adopted a Priciple of intervention, supposedly this principle had the right to send armies in other countries to restore legitimate monarchs to the thrones. Britain disagreed and suggested that they leave the internal affairs alone. The great powers used military force and ended the revolutions in Spain and
Italy.
3. Name at least two reasons why the Parisian Crowd targeted the Bastille.
The Parisian Crowds was started in February of 1848. King Louis XVI used force against the third estate. In Paris people began to revolt against the constitutional monarch of Louis Philippe. On July 14th the people of Paris were still revolt but moved to the City of Bastille with a crowd of 80,000. When they got there they wanted Bastille to surrender the fortress. One reason why they targeted Bastille was because of the Bourbon Tyranny. Another reason was because the prisoners were held by the king without any charge. Lastly, the cells at the fortress were only used for upper class felons. Due to these reason the Parisian Crowd fought Bastille. The Parisian Crowd stormed the city of Bastille for a total of four hours. By the time the Parisian Crowd was finished, Bastille was demolished. The Parisian crowd left in the hand of rebels.
4. What was the goal of the Holy Alliance?
The Holy Alliance was an alliance between Austria, Prussia, and Russia in 1815 by Prince Klemens Von Metternich. Although it was said to be by Metternich, it was originally started by Russian Tsar, Alexander 1. Great Britain was not part of the Holy Alliance, but they were part of the Quintuple Alliance, which was the previous alliance before the Holy Alliance. King George IV of Great Britain did not want to sign for the Alliance under any circumstances. The alliance fought ideas and politics for the revolution. It was a start of liberal ideas and maintains traditional values. The main purpose of the Holy Alliance was to uphold Christianity as the main faith. Alexander wanted to politics to come back before the all the Revolutions in Europe. The alliance was important for its union of politics and religion.
5. How did the French Revolution spark ideas of Liberalism and Nationalism throughout Europe?
Liberalism is a political philosophy that grew out of the Enlightenment, it said that people should be as free as possible from the government. Liberalism was tied to the middle-class men who wanted voting rights for themselves so they could have the same rights as the landowning classes. Nationalism didn’t really come about until the French Revolution. From that time on, nationalists believed that each Nationality should have its own government. Nationalism found a strong ally in liberalism. Liberals believed freedom could only be possible if some people could rule themselves.( Spielvogel) The different groups of people should have its own state. The French Revolutions sparked ideas of liberalism and Nationalism by making the countres more free. Conservative Forces wanted to maintain old order and with liberalism and Nationalism they were able to do this.