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Congr
esssy
stem 1815_1830

Cr
iti
cali
ssuesthatdi
stur
bedpeacei
nEur
opeandi
ssuest
hatneededt
obeaddr
essedby
st
atesmanbetween1815_ 30:

1.
Bar
bar
ypi
rat
es

2.
Slav
etr
ade

3.
For
mat
ionofaj
ointar
myt
hatwast
obest
ati
onedi
nBel
gium.

4.Remov
aloft
hear
myofoccupat
ioni
nFr
ance.

5.
Rev
olt
sint
hef
oll
owi
ngcount
ri
es

Napl
es

Pi
edmont

Ger
many

Spai
n.

6Decl
arat
ionofi
ndependencebyPor
tugueseandSpani
shcol
oni
esi
nSout
hAmer
ica.

7.
Greekwarofl
ndependence.

Vari
ouscongr
esseswer
esupposedt
oaddr
esst
hesecr
it
ical
issuest
hatwer
eli
kel
ytodi
stur
b
peacei
nEurope.

Var
iouscongr
esseshel
dtot
ryandaddr
esst
hesechal
l
engi
ngsi
tuat
ions.

1.Congr
essofAi
xLAChapel
l
e

2.
Congr
essofTr
oppau
3Congr
essofl
i
abach

4.
Congr
essofVer
ona

5.
Congr
essofstPet
ersbur
g

Cr
it
icali
ssuest
hatt
hreat
enedpeaceofEur
ope

Sl
avet
rade.

Slavetradecontinuedaf t
eritsbanin1807.Brit
ainatAixLAChapel l
esuggestedtosearchall
shipsthatsmuggl edslaves.Thegreatpower sdidnotagr eeonBr i
ti
shsuggesti
ontosearchall
ships.Mistr
ust,suspici
on, l
ackofconsensuschar acter
izedthecongresssystem.Other
Europeanpower sl ackoftrustandsuspi
cionmadet hem torejectBri
ti
shdeci
siontostopslave
trade.Thegreatpower sthoughtBrit
ainwantedt odomi natethesea.Hencethischal
lenge
remainedunsol ved.Inthi
scaset hecongress system wasunsuccessf uli
ndeali
ngwi t
h
Europeanchallengesandmat t
erst
hatdistur
bedpeacei nEur ope.

Bar
bar
ypi
rat
es

Barberpirat
eswereamenacet oshippingintheMediter
ranean.Theyoper at
edinNor thAfr
ica
andEur opeancoastal
towns.Theraidedshi psandcoastaltowns.AtAixlaChapell
et he
RussianssuggestedtoplaceRussianshi psint
heMedi t
err
aneant ocurbbarbarypi
racy .Ot
her
power sduetosuspici
onreject
edRussi aneffor
ttocurbpirates.Suspi
cionwasgreatestsetback
i
ntheachi evementofthecongresssy stem.Thischal
l
engewasnotsuccessf ul
l
yaddr essed.

For
mat
ionofaj
ointar
my

Eur
opeanpower
sespeciall
yPrussiasuggestedthatajointEuropeanarmybef or
medunder
Nel
soncommand.Prussiasuggestedthatthearmybest ationedinBel
gium.Thisdeci
sionwas
hi
nder
edbytheBri
ti
shwhower eagainstt
hei deaofi
nterferenceint
heaf f
air
sofothercount
ri
es.
SoBri
ti
shhi
nder
edthisprogram becauseofhernoni nvolvementpoli
cy

Removaloft
hear
myofoccupat
ioni
nFr
anceandadmi
ssi
onofFr
ancei
nthequadr
upl
e
al
li
ance.

SinceFrancewasf ai
thful
inpayi
ngreparat
ionandNapol eont hr
eatremoved,
Greatpowers
agreedtoremov eanarmyofoccupationinFrance.AgainFrancejoi
nedthequadr
upleall
i
ance.
TheGr eatpowersscoredsuccessi
nthisarea.Iti
soneoft henotabl
esuccessesofthe
congresssystem.Thisisonl
ytimegreatpowerswer einagreement
I
nsummar
ytheai
xal
aChapel
l
econgr
esswasconv
enedt
oaddr
esst
heabov
e.

Rev
olt
sinSpai
n,Ger
many
,Pi
edmont
,Napl
es

Revol
tswer estagedinthesecount r
ies.Theywantedaconsti
tut
ionl
ikeonegiventothem by
NapoleonBonapar t
e.Theywant edtor emovefor
eignmonarchs,
rel
axedcensorshi
p,and
fr
eedom ofspeechandassoci ation.Greatpowersconv
enedtroppaucongresstoaddress
i
ssuest hr
eateningpeaceinEurope.

Greatpowerssignedtroppauprotocol
.FranceandBritai
ndidnotpartakeofthi sagreement.
FranceandBrit
aintookpassengerseat.Prussi
a,Austri
aandRussiasi gnedtheTr oppau
protocol
.Thesegreatpowerspledgedtosupportmonar chsandsuppr essallrevolt
s.The
pl
edgednott osupressrevol
uti
onf rom bel
ow.Againlackofunit
yhinder edprogress.Members
ofthecongresssystem weredi
v i
dedonhowt odealwiththeser
evolt
st hreat
eni ngpeacein
Europe.

Bri
ti
shnoni
nter
vent
ionpol
i
cymadet
hesecount
ri
est
oactasi
ndi
vi
dual
sinsuppr
essi
onof
rev
olt
s

Atl
i
abacht
heyagr
eedt
osuppr
essr
evol
ts

Mett
ernichofAustri
asuppressedtherevol
tsi
nNaples.Herestor
edFednandf
ulldict
ator
ial
powers.Hepunishedrebel
sandwi thdr
ewtheconsti
tut
ionwhichFednandwasforcedtogrant
toNaples.Par
ti
cipant
swerei mpri
sonedindungeons.

InGer
manyagain,
Met
terni
chsuppressedrev
olt
s.Hepuni
shedrebels,
wit
hdr
ewt
he
const
it
uti
onsandi
mposedCarl
balddecreesi
nallGer
manuniver
sit
ies.

I
nPi
edmont,
Met
ter
nichsuppr
essedr
evol
ts,
rev
okedt
heconst
it
uti
onandpuni
shedr
ebel
s.

Thecongresssyst
em r
ecor
dedsuccessi
nthi
sar
eat
houghi
twasi
ndi
vi
dual
eff
ortr
athert
han
concer
tedeffor
t.

I
nSpai
n,Fr
ancesuccessf
ull
ysupr
essedr
evol
tsi
nSpai
n.

Congressofli
abachhadscor
edr
emar
kabl
esuccessi
nsol
vi
ngcr
it
ical
areast
hatt
hreat
ened
peaceinEurope.

Por
tugueseandSpani
shcol
oni
esi
nSout
hAmer
icadecl
aredt
hei
rindependence.
SpanishandPor
tuguesecol
oniesinSouthAmeri
cadeclar
edt hemsel
vesi
ndependent
.Thi
swas
notinli
newit
htroppaupr
otocol.Gr
eatpowersbyri
ghtweresupposedtopuni
shrebel
sand
rev
ersethedeci
sionmadebythesecoloniesi
nSouthAmerica.

Agai
nlackofunit
y,desi
retoservepersonali
nter
esthi
nder
edef
fect
ivenessoft
hecongr
ess
syst
em i
naddressi
ngcrit
ical
issuesthataff
ectedpeacei
nEur
ope.

Bri
tai
nandMunr oeofAmer icasi gnedtheMunr oedoctri
ne.ThisstatedthatBri
tainandAmer ica
wouldjoint heirf
orcesagai nstanyEur opeanpowert hatrever
sedt hedecisionoftherebel
s.
Bri
tai
nwaspushi ngper sonalagenda.Br i
tai
nsawt hesecoloniesaspot enti
almarketforher
i
ndustri
esanddesi redt oseet hem independentthanunderSpani shorPor t
uguesedomi nati
on.
Againselfishendbyt heBr i
ti
shr enderedthecongresssystem ineffect
iveindeal
ingwiththis
cri
ti
calissuet hatthreatenedpeacei nEurope.Theaimsormember softhecongresssy st
em
becamev ariedanddi verse.

Gr
eekWarofi
ndependence

Greekrevolt
edagai nsttheirmasterTurkey.Accordi
ngt otroppaupr ot ocol,
greatpower swer e
supposedtopuni sht heGreeksasnat i
onalism wassupposedt obesuppr essedi nEurope.At
Veronacongressgr eatpower sdidnotagreeonst ancet heyshouldt akeagai nstt heGreeks.
Bri
tainsupportedGr eekindependenceforul t
eri
ormotivesofcour se.Aust riaPr ussi
aandRussi a
wereagainsttheGr eekindependence.Agai nlackofunit
y ,commonpur posehi ndered
eff
ectiv
enessoft hecongr esssystem.Br i
tainandFranceassi st
edGr eeceandt heotherthree
assist
edtheGr eeks.Thebr it
ishnavydestroythenavywhi chTur keyint endedt ouset osupress
Greekrevol
t.

Thecongresssy
stem scor
edit
ssuccessandhadit
sfail
urest
oo.Generall
ythecongr
essyst
em
managedt omai
ntai
npeaceinEur
opef or40y
rssi
ncether
ewasnoout breakofamajorwar
bef
orethecri
meananwar .

Wor
dst
hatcanbeusedt
odescr
ibewhycongr
esssy
stem wasi
nef
fect
ive

Lackofuni
ty

Di
sagr
eement
s

Lackofconsensus

Ser
vingsel
fi
shi
nter
est

Suspi
cion

Lackoft
rust/
mist
rust

Pr
act
icequest
ions
Anal
ysecr
it
icalsi
tuat
ionsandev
ent
sthatt
hreat
enedpeacei
nEur
opebet
ween1815_
25(
25)

Howsuccessf
ulwastheCongresssy
stem i
naddr
essi
ngsi
tuat
ionst
hatt
hreat
enedpeacei
n
Eur
opebetween1815-
25(25)

Whathi
nder
edef
fect
ivenessoft
heCongr
esssy
stem bet
ween1815-
25(
25)

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esent
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utor

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