For what Reasons did the Congress of Vienna meet and what were the Results.

Authors Avatar

Michaeljohn Kalakoutis

IB History HL

October 30, 2005

Mr. Hengstler

For what Reasons did the Congress of Vienna meet and what were the Results.

        At the closing stages of Napoleon’s military dominance over Europe the Congress of Vienna was the decisive factor in the restoration of peace throughout Europe, and effectively helped to format the map of Europe, which is still mostly unchanged in the twenty first century. The Congress of Vienna was summoned due to the instability of the balance of power in nineteenth century Europe, due to the distrust between the allied nations against France as they moved ever closer to their goal of eradicating Napoleon and due to the necessity to significantly reduce France’s power, balancing the power of nations in Europe and reallocating France’s old terrain.  

Join now!

        The Congress of Vienna was in effect the most high profile gathering of European representatives to date up until the nineteenth century. France’s sudden fall from their militarily dominant position in Europe cause the calling of the Congress of Vienna in 1814, as Napoleon’s Grand Army was defeated when he waged war in Russia. The reason for Napoleon’s military loss in Russia was basically due to an unpreventable change in his military tactics due to the circumstances. For example Napoleon would normally send in his reserves to finish off his enemy in battle, but did not want to risk this ...

This is a preview of the whole essay