Congress Of Vienna Balance Of Power Analysis

In order to restore France after the Napoleonic Era, the Quadruple Alliance, Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Great Britain, held a meeting called the Congress of Vienna in order to establish peace between countries. The four countries decided that creating borders within Europe and receiving compensation in the form of territory would be an effective reminder of the pain France had caused during its revolution. After decades of dealing with borders placed by the Quadruple Alliance, the inhabitants of Italy wanted a more unified peninsula. Although many leaders of Europe proposed ideas for fixing this problem, many of them such as Cavour and Napoleon III had ulterior motives. The unification of Italy took such a long time because its politicians were not being honest about what they actually wanted.

Head of European governments were seeking to establish a long-lasting peace and stability on the continent after the defeat of Napoleon. A series of meetings in Vienna, known as the Congress of Vienna, were called to set up policies to achieve this goal. The Congress of Vienna was scheduled to last four weeks however, it went on for eight months. There were many positive outcomes from this but also some negatives. Metternich had three goals at the Congress of Vienna. He wanted to prevent future French aggression by surrounding France with strong countries. Also, he wanted to restore a balance of power, so that no country would be a threat to others. Lastly, he wanted to restore Europe’s royal families to the thrones they had held before Napoleon’s conquests. The congress set up the Congress System to settle disputes between European countries through diplomacy and negotiation instead of way.

When drafting the Constitution of the United States the founding fathers took great precautions in ensuring that no one branch of government became too powerful. By dividing the power of each branch the fathers hoped to ensure that the United States would not become subject to abuse by one branch that could ultimately lead to an authoritarian regime. In order to do this, the drafters of the Constitution implemented a system of checks and balances in nearly all aspects of the new republic's government. One of these checks and balances was the distribution of foreign policy power between Congress and the President. This balance of power would be an important deterrent to one branch of the government abusing its power which could result in

From the mid 1920s onward there was talk of forming a formal European Union but rising nationalism and a world wide depression stopped any concrete advancement. The League of Nations had failed, economies had collapsed and radical right wing solutions seemed the only viable alternative after governments collapsed one after another. England remained in isolation, Germany was rearming and France was still in shock after horrible loses in WWI. After the inevitable WWII all was in ruin and the lesson finally struck home, No more! Peace and prosperity through unity and common understanding finally allowed the formation off the EEU. Europe could not survive as a polyglot of waring tribes. They need a counter balance to world domination by two superpowers

In the United States Federalism Constitution had another power which is the reserved power. A reserved power gets order by the 10th Amendment. The 10th amendment the Bill of Rights to further define the balance of power between the federal government and the states. The amendment says that the federal government has only those powers specifically granted by the Constitution. Once the 10th amendment had been used the Anti-Federalists became anxious that the new Constitution exposed the Revolutionary War that object to violence against a form of government or indestructible central government.

“The representatives in the Congress of Vienna wanted to prevent France’s aggression by surrounding France with stronger nations, restore balance of power, so no country would be a threat to others and restore Europe’s royal families to the thrones they head held before Napoleon’s coquets” (Beck, 239). In order to make the weak nations around France stronger, the former Austrian Netherlands and Dutch Republic were united to form the Kingdom of the Netherlands. “Group of 39 German states were loosely joined as the newly create German confederation, dominate by Austria. Leaders of Europe wanted to weaken France, but also didn’t want to leave it powerless. If they did, the French might rebel to take revenge but if France became weaker and was broken up, another country might become so strong that it would threaten them all. France remained a major but diminished European powers” (Beck, 239). Nevertheless, not all-important decisions were made by the great powers.

The EU was created in the midst of a war in attempts to unite Europe under a common government. After 43 years of rebuilding foreign affairs, have their attempts made a positive impact on the modern Europe? Many argue that the EU takes a toll on country's sovereignty. They lack in allowing countries to be apart of the union, without masking the unique culture and diversity of that country. Despite the advantages of being apart of the EU, the disadvantages highly outweigh them in the areas of economic, independence and cultural identity.

The European Union was initially set up as a means to terminate the conflict that occurred within Europe throughout the 20th century, culminating with the end of The Second World War (WWII) and The Cold War that followed. The EU ultimately aimed to bring the member countries together in order to form an ‘ever closer union’ between the countries of Europe, thus preventing a future battle. The Union started as the European Economic Community (EEC), which was established in 1957, and over the years endured numerous adjustments to form the politico-economic union that we know of today.

The Congress of Vienna took place between 1814 and 1815 to establish international order after the devastation the Napoleonic Wars had bestowed upon Europe. The treaty utilized the classic European idea of the balance-of-power; never before in Europe’s history had there been a formal international order based on the principles of the balance-of-power. Although the Congress of Vienna sought to establish the Quadruple Alliance and prevent France from becoming a hegemony again, the primary goal of

Napoleon was defeated and the European leaders were looking for peace. Along with gaining ever lasting peace they had another goal. This goal was to get a united security system and stability for the entire continent. To get this, they had to all come together in one big meeting. This meeting became known as The Congress of Vienna. This group included all of the monarchs/leaders of European countries. This congress session went on for eight months. Most of the decisions were in secret between Russia, Prussia, Austria, Great Britain, and France, but the most important guy of all the countries was Klemmens Von Metternich. Metternich established three goals for this congress. One goal was to get rid of, and prevent all violent behavior

When Napoleon was sentenced to exile in Elba, The Congress of Vienna was held. The Congress of Vienna was supposed to sort out all of Europe’s problems in a nonviolent way. Countries from all over Europe sent their delegates to represent them. The big countries were Britain, France, Austria, Prussia, and Russia. Their delegates decided on a new Europe, a Europe that left both Italy and Germany divided into states. In 1861 Italy was unified, as well as Germany in 1871 due to strong nationalist movements. France lost the Alsace-Lorraine to Germany which had a lot of natural resources in the Franco-Prussian war and were now eager to take it back. In Sebria and Austria-Hungary lived large areas of differing nationalist groups, all enthusiastic to become free from the states in which they lived.

The Congress of Vienna happened once Napoleon was coming down from his high horse. It’s called the restoration, even though it did more than just restore the territories, or at least tried to. The Vienna settlement wanted peace between all, and did not want any territory to have too much power in order to avoid more war. The French had displayed much aggression in the past few decades, but the settlement thought it best to maintain their power status in order to keep all of Europe in check. Therefore, an eye was kept on France so they could not threaten the peace, but they kept their supremacy so no other European power could rise from the ashes and take over

The Congress of Vienna was a number of meetings in 1814-1815 during which the leaders seeking to set up long lasting peace and being free from threat after the victory of Napoleon. One reason the Congress of Vienna was such a success was because they had a goal of the new European order one of collective security and stability for the entire continent. Originally the Congress of Vienna was scheduled to last for four weeks. Instead it lasted for eight months. For the first time the nations of an entire continent had cooperated to control political affairs. The settlements they agreed on were fair enough that no country was left standing a grudge. Therefore, the Congress was more successful than many other peace meetings in history. Kings and

     After the tragedies of World War II, European leaders have made striving efforts to prevent such a catastrophic event from occurring on their continent again. The best solution seemed to be highly mechanized cooperation among the highest European powers to assure that future conflict, and perhaps war, could not arise between them. If all the states ran themselves in a manner cooperating with their neighbors, conflict could be avoided. To prevent other nations from not cooperating, treaties and institutions would have to be designed for each area of international interest such as trade, communications, security, and so forth. As the century progressed, more organizations, institutions and associations were

People have created unions many times but not all of them were successful, specifically when we consider alliances among number of countries with different economics, political systems and culture. For instance, last century brought both the biggest collapse and the most promising union in the modern history. Although U.S.S.R has disappeared from geographical maps, some of its members joined another alliance. The European Union (EU) is an economic and political partnership that united 28 countries on the European part of Eurasia and represents a unique form of cooperation among members today.