How far do you agree that quote Security not revenge(TM) was the main objective of the statesman at the congress of Vienna in 1815?

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How far do you agree that quote ‘Security not revenge’ was the main objective of the statesman at the congress of Vienna in 1815?

Napoleon Bonaparte’s France may have conquered the whole of Europe, but their magnificent generation was short. After France lost against the ‘Grand alliance Powers’ in 1814, Napoleon stepped down from his post and was exiled to Elba. France’s territorial achievements were all gone and many expected that there will be a territorial conflict among the ‘Great Powers’ but through the ‘Congress of Vienna’ the ‘Great Powers’ were able to avoid lots of big conflicts.

The Congress of Vienna was a conference of representatives of the major powers of Europe charged by the Austrian political leader Clemens Wenzel von Mettenrich. The participated major nations were: Austria, United Kingdom, Prussia, Russia and France. The purpose of the meeting was to settle issues and redraw Europe’s political map after the French defeat. The nations wanted to have peace which meant that territory and influence in Europe would be shared among the great powers, in a way that would stop the domination by any country. The nations agreed to meet the best possible settlement and the ‘Grand Powers’ spent the next 40 years maintaining it. However, even though the nations all wanted to maintain the agreement, they differed in their views to how much it should be adapted according to the changing situations.  

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Through the ‘Vienna Congress’ the following agreements were made: first, the Duchy of Warsaw was mostly given to Russia and also the Russians were allowed to keep Finland, Prussia was given parts of Duchy of Warsaw, Rhineland, Danzig, and two fiths of Saxony, the neutrality of Switzerland was guaranteed, the ‘Grand power Alliances’ decided not to give rise to French feelings of revenge, etc… Basically the congress mostly adopted a fair policy of no great rewards and no great punishments, every nation was treated fairly.

Although the agreements were to be made equally and fairly, the nations had different ...

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