I believe that conservatism dominated much of Europe in 1815. Conservatisms success was jumpstarted when the Congress of Vienna occurred in the year of 1814 when enemies of France came together, which included Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia stating that they would make an alliance and defeat Napoleon while maintaining peace following the defeat. The leader Prince Klemens von Metternich was guided by the principle of legitimacy which was the necessity of restoring the legitimate monarchies that would in turn preserve the traditional institutions. These countries all being fairly dominate and powerful in Europe at the time were able to balance the power that would result in the prevention of any one country dominating Europe. This
