Peter the great of Russia and Frederick the great of Prussia During the seventeenth and eighteenth century‚ Europe was changing in a different way. This was due to Peter the great of Russia and Frederick the great of Prussia. They both wanted similar things yet they were both different. Both of them wanted the best for their kingdoms‚ they wanted change‚ and that’s exactly what they got. Peter the great of Russia and Frederick the great of Prussia made a big impact in Europe Through their goals‚ their
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partnership with England (Austria‚ Prussia‚ Russia‚ and Spain). Nevertheless‚ Austria was in a threatening area geographically between France and Russia. Metternich used his negotiation skill to kept Austria neutral during the war between Russia and France in 1812. Metternich determined to mediate an armistice war between France‚ Russia‚ and Prussia but was rejected the peace term by Napoleon. After Napoleon refused the armistice‚ allied with Prussia‚ Russia‚ and the United Kingdom to declare war with France
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Austria‚ Prussia‚ and Russia‚ the European countries met in Vienna to determine the fate of the territories that were shattered by the Napoleonic conquests. Their goal was to reconstruct a European order. Two principal dominated the negotiation in Vienna; the preservation of political equilibrium among the countries and the restoration of old dynasties that were driven out by the revolutionary wave. The political decisions that were decided in Vienna redraw the political map of Europe. Prussia expanded
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technical sense‚ the "Congress of Vienna" was not properly a Congress: it never met in plenary session‚ and most of the discussions occurred in informal‚ face-to-face‚ sessions among the Great Powers of Austria‚ France‚ Russia‚ the United Kingdom and sometimes Prussia‚ with limited or no participation by other delegates. On the other hand‚ the Congress was the first occasion in history where‚ on a continental scale‚ national representatives came together to formulate treaties‚ instead of relying
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the 1600s in European nations. Power‚ selflessness‚ and order had to be executed thoroughly for an absolute monarch to efficiently control their kingdom. To this day‚ it is still debated weather or not absolute monarchies were overall beneficial or detrimental to their victims. Although absolute monarchies were detrimental in England‚ France‚ and Prussia because they did not improve the lives of the citizenry‚ Russia benefited from its absolute monarchies because they westernized and reformed the
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genesis of "liberal Italians". A series of political and military events resulted in a unified kingdom of Italy in 1861. The settlements reached in 1815 at the Vienna Congress had restored Austrian domination over the Italian peninsula but had left Italy completely fragmented . The Congress had divided the territory among a number of European nations and the victors of the Napoleonic Wars. The Kingdom of Sardinia recovered Piedmont (Piemonte)‚ Nice‚ and Savoy and acquired Genoa. There were three
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To what extent was Napoleon III responsible for the unification of Italy? Napoleon III’s contribution to the unification of Italy was decisive but inadvertent. He and Cavour had no intention of unifying Italy; Cavour was interested in Piedmontese augmentation‚ while Napoleon was concerned to put French interests and his family before anything else. He had several reasons to help Cavour‚ none of which included his desire for a unified Italy. To a great extent‚ he was responsible for Italian unification
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conflicts. Austria was one of the most powerful German states‚ however‚ it provided no leadership or hope in the uniting Germany as one. Since the Germanic people wanted unification‚ they turned to Prussia for help instead. Prussia was another one of Germany¡¯s strong states. To add to its power‚ Prussia established a German customs union in 1818 known as the Zollverein; a union that sought to increase trade and profits of its member states‚ excluding Austria. Austria tried to fight this by persuading
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The Vienna Congress In this essay our purpose is to review the causes and consequences and how Vienna Congress impacted our present. We are going to talk about this reunion of all the European countries to reestablish the peace after the Napoleonic invasion. In this Congress‚ which was the first of its kind‚ all the representatives set apart their difference to work for common agreements and for the best of the European societies. The Congress of Vienna was an international meeting between ambassadors
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as France‚ the Austrian Empire‚ Prussia‚ and Germany. Originally‚ the intention of the revolutions were for universal male suffrage and for greater rights for the common people. There was always a constant struggle between classes‚ since the lower classes felt they were being oppressed and treated unequally by the upper class. The original intention of revolution failed in the revolutions of 1848 since many revolts were held in France‚ the Austrian Empire‚ Prussia and Germany led by members of the
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