What were the Causes and Consequences of the Crimean War?

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Gurminder Sihra W0410993

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        What were the Causes and Consequences of the Crimean War?

 

The Crimean War was the first war involving European nations since 1815.   Causes of the Crimean War consist of a number of events that were both long-term and short-term. Conversely, all of the causes were significant and important in understanding why the war happened and the consequences of the war and how the consequences of the war affect the future of Europe.

Following the years before the War commenced there were many significant problems that were forming in Europe. In the 1850s the Great powers of Europe and their relations were deteriorating especially between the Tsar and Napoleon the third.  As a result of the relation of the Franco-Russo breaking down there was also an effect with British relations. This mainly consisted of Russian resentment towards Britain as a result of the Don Pacifico affair. This is because Russia regards itself as the protector of the Greeks, which then led the British public to have a negative opinion of the Russians. This resulted in the renewed apprehension at the Russians intention towards Turkey. This was opposite in that Napoleon was keen on good relations with Britain, but because of this Britain were suspicious of his intentions and as a result Britain’ s relations with Russia and France were negative. The Russians wanted to expand and make their empire grow, where as Napoleon wanted to restore Frances former glory as the worlds greatest superpower and Britain wanted to consolidate its Empire and if needed be by going to war This emphasises the how finely poised the balance of power was in this period. However this was not only reason why the war happened.

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Religion was another dispute within the Franco-Russo-Turkish crisis, which consisted of the rights of the catholic and orthodox clerics in Palestine.  The catalyst for war was the custody of the holy places that were occupied by the French catholic monks. Which the French from the sixteenth century had occupied, Napoleon wanted to increase his own prestige and empire and thus wanted control of the east Christian empire. With this the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire supported the claims for jurisdiction by the French. Conversely the Tsar of Russian disagreed with and believed that Greek orthodoxy was the majority of ...

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