THE RESTORATION OF ABSOLUTISM

THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA

Objectives

To restore absolutism

Legitimism

Kings were the only ones

With legitimacy to govern

To create an alliance

Holy Alliance

Formed by Prussia, Russia and Austria

France joined later

Great Britain didn't join

Had to be ratified

At several congresses

To restore the boundaries on the map of Europe

THE NEW MAP OF EUROPE

Maintained a territorial balance

Between the great powers

Redrew the borders

As they were before the French Revolution

Two new kingdoms were created

The Kingdom of the Netherlands

United Provinces and the Catholic Netherlands

The Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia

With the addition of Nice and Savoy

Italian territory remained divided

Austria seized

Lombardy, Venice and its Balkan regions

France’s pre-Revolution borders were restored

Savoy and Nice were lost

Norway was ceded to Sweden

To punish Denmark

The Holy Empire was replaced

By the German Confederation

Eastern Europe was divided

Between Austria, Russia and Prussia

Led to the partition of Poland

THE LIMITS OF RESTORATION

The Congress of Vienna

Tried to restore the situation

France’s revolutionary experience

Represented a point of no return

Napoleon’s occupation

Awakened the national identity

Napoleon’s Civil Code survived

Louis XVIII adopted

The French Charter

The monarch voluntarily limited his powers

Guaranteed

Equality before the law

Private property

Religious tolerance

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