Ap Euro Ch. 21 Study Guide

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Congress of Vienna

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Meeting of representatives of European monarchs call to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon

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Klemens von Metternich

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Austria's foreign minister who wanted a balance of power in an international equilibrium of political and military forces that would discourage aggression

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"legitimacy"

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Principles by which monarchs that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored

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Balance of Power

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Distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong

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Edmund Burke and Conservationism

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Joseph de Maistre and Conservationism

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Concert of Europe

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Sears appliances manure p nations in the 19th century divided by prince Klemens von Metternich to prevent outbreak of revolutions

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The Congress System

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England Australia pressure in Russia formed a quadruple alliance is committing them to preserve the conservative order. Great powers also agreed to hold periodic meetings to prevent crisis from escalating into wild wars. The effort to achieve consensus on foreign policy issues was known as the concert of Europe. It marks the first significant experiment in collective security.

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Latin American Revolts

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Many small countries rebelling, trying to gain independence from a weak Spain after Napoleon. (Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Argentina)

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Monroe Doctrine

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Statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the US or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere.

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Greek Revolt

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Greek struggle for freedom from the Ottoman Empire (helped by European forces).

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Corn Laws

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Put high tariffs on foreign grain.

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Peterloo Massacre

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People protesting in St Peter's fields were attacked by Calvary (come back)

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Britain's Tories and Whigs

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Louis XVIII and Charles X

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Bourbon family was restored during Louis's reign; he need to keep some changes brought about by Napoleon and some by the revolutionary. Charles was the brother of Louie who granted land back to aristocrats; use for to compromise and accept ministerial responsibility that the ministers of the keen worst possible to the legislature (COME BACK )

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Carbonari

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A secret society designated to overthrow Bonapartist rulers (whom were liberal partiots)

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Germanic Confederation

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Replace in Napoleonic Confederation of the Rhine; 38 sovereign states in what had once been the Holy Roman Empire Austria and Prussia equals main powers. Purpose was to prepare a constitution for United Germany. COME BACK

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Burschenschaften

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Politically active students around 1815 in the German states proposing unification and democratic principles.

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The Decemberist Revolt

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A small group of army officers tried to overthrow the czar's government in December 1825. Hoped to set up a constitutional monarchy.

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Tsar Nicholas I

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Russian monarch; transformed by the Decembrist revolt from a conservative into a recreationary to avoid another rebellion. Strengthened the bureaucracy and the secret police.

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Classical Economists

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Idea that the free markets can regulate themselves.

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Thomas Malthus

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English economist; said that population tends to increase more rapidly than food supplies.

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David Ricardo's "Iron Law of Wages"

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