October+2010

__10/5/10 HW: slide show on the Waterloo and Napoleon Bonaparte__ media type="custom" key="7106265" __**10.6.10**__ __Do Now "summarize thge congress of Vienna__

It was an international conference that was called so that it can remake Europe after the downfall of Napoleon. It was held in Vienna, Austria from September 1814 to June 1815. It wanted to create a balance of power that would perserve the peace. The four major powers of Europe ( Austria, Russia, Prussia, and Great Britain)were left to makwe the decisions. Austria was represented by Prince Klemens von Metternich(minister of state/president of Congress), Russia was represented byAlexander I(emperor), Prussia was represented by Prince Karl August von Hardenberg, and Great Britain was represented by Lord Castlereagh. The Congress of Vienna was successful in creating a balance power to preserve peace. They were peacful for about 40 years.

Important Decisions: []
 * France was deprived of all territory conquered by Napoleon
 * The Dutch Republic was united with the Austrian Netherlands to form a single kingdom of the Netherlands under the House of Orange.
 * Norway and Sweden were joined under a single ruler
 * Switzerland was declared neutral
 * Russia got Finland and effective control over the new kingdom of Poland
 * Prussia was given much of Saxony and important parts of Westphalia and the Rhine Province.
 * Austria was given back most of the territory it had lost and was also given land in Germany and Italy (Lombardia and Venice)
 * Britain got several strategic colonial territories, and they also gained control of the seas.
 * France was restored under the rule of Louis XVIII.
 * Spain was restored under Ferdinand VII