How Did The Fall Of Napoleon Affect Europe

Napoleon is arguably one of the greatest and most determined French leaders the world has ever seen. He had redrawn the boundary of the French empire and did so with the utmost ability to lead a successful and powerful army for numerous years. Throughout the empire, Napoleon was able to spread his ideas and reform movements that influenced other countries around France. Napoleons fall created an uprising of the other countries surrounding France that had been suppressed throughout his reign and gave them ample opportunity to start a rebirth of Europe. Because of the fall, European countries banded together to instate new laws, under the Congress of Vienna, to make sure that this would never happen again. The fall of Napoleon affected Europe in several ways; however, the two key aspects that impacted Europe the most are the …show more content…
This enabled that country to be much stronger than those separate three and made it so that France would have a hard time invading or provoking those countries. Similar to the joining of the three countries, a group of 39 German states were loosely joined to form the German Confederation. Also, the Kingdom of Sardinia was reinforced with the addition of Genoa. After these actions were taken, the Congress of Vienna did not leave France powerless and did not punish them too harshly. Leaving France with some power ensured that another country would not take over and become too powerful, and not punishing them would help reduce the risk of retaliation. Despite this, France remained a powerful yet diminished country. These actions furthermore strengthened these countries together and again was intended to prevent French aggression. Another important benefit of strengthening these countries was the fact that it would create a balance of power in Europe so that no one country would