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How did the Congress of Vienna led to revolutions of the mid 1800s? The Congress of Vienna is a group conservative people who wanted to put Europe the way it was before the Enlightenment, French Revolution, and Napoleon. The “great powers’’, which were Russia, Prussia, Austria, Great Britain, and France, had representatives whom made most of the decisions in Vienna. The delegates followed Legitimacy, Compensation, Conservatism, and Balance of Power principles which resulted in many disagreements among the people of Europe who wanted a better life and a better government.

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