Main Idea: After exiling Napoleon, European leaders at the
Coingress of Vienna tried to restore order and reestablish peace.
IV. Congress of Vienna
A.
Metternich Restores Stability
1.
Klemens von Metternich: foreign minister of Austria
2.
Five Great Powers: Prussia, Russia, Austria, Britain,
France
3.
influences European rulers to establish stability to Europe
a
France is kept intact
b
balance of power is established in Europe
c
Under the principle of legitimacy, rulers deposed by
Napoleon are restored to power
4.
Congress of Vienna makes fair settlements and produces a
lasting peace
B.
Political Changes Beyond Vienna
1.
Victory for conservatives
2.
A series of alliances—Concert of Europe—allows nations to
help one another in case of internal revolutions
3.
Latin American colonies revolt against Spanish rule
4.
Nationalism grows, and democratic ideas begin to take hold
in European nations.