Congress Of Vienna

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Essay Question:
What were the goals of the Congress of Vienna? How did they approach those

goals? Give good examples to get a better grade.

What were the goals of the major powers at the congress of Vienna? How realistic

were these goals? How will did they achieve to meet them? These question and many

more was what came to my mind when the term “Congress of Vienna,” had aroused.

There were four main goals for the congress to achieve. The four goals were the balance

of power, the status quo, the dual revolutions, and the revolution of 1830. These four

goals were excessively diverse in many ways.

The first goal was to establish a new balance of power in Europe which would
prevent imperialism within Europe, such as the Napoleon empire, and maintain the peace
between the great powers. This was one of the realistic goals that were listed by the
congress. I believe that this goals was met to be achieved and could be achievable. The
congress of Vienna were thinking about the reputation of the country as well for it’s
protection.
The second goal was to prevent political revolutions, such as the French
Revolution, and maintain the status quo. This goal may go either way. Its realistic because
nobody wants to see another French Revolution ever take place again. On the other hand
the congress may be doing this in order to bend the rules and regulations they want it to
be. They took advantage of the information that was received in the French Revolution, in
order to prevent from anything like that to happen to them.
The third goal was to restore "legitimate," or traditional governments to power
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and to prevent political revolutions. They also wanted to maintain the status quo met with
partial success in the short term, but was bound to fail in the long term because it opposed
the irresistible forces of historical change resulting from modernization. Those irresistible
force...