Congress of Vienna Assignment

The Congress of Vienna was one of the largest gatherings of power the world had ever seen. It gathered diplomats from European powers which included Britain, Russia, France, Spain and Austria, the host. The delegate for the host country Austria, Klemens von Metternich, was one of the most influential, and most conservative, members of said congress. These men were known for their extravagance and ideals that drove nations and were able to solve many of the problems that currently plagued not only Europe, but other major parts of the world as well. One of such problems that the congress faced was trying to return a balance of power to a struggling European continent. They did this by creating rules that stated that the borders of European countries be redrawn to how they were before Napoleon ravaged the continent with war. Also, The members of the congress of Vienna were prohibited from declaring war upon one and other, lest they wish the other 4 nations to march into their own territory. This kept peace ongoing between the five countries in the quintuple alliance. Metternich was in favor of these changes because he wanted to retain tradition within Europe and resetting the borders to how they were before was the most efficient way to do so. Also, it made so the monarchs who were in power at the time would be kept in power because the revolutions that might happen in these nations could be easily and swiftly dealt with by the other members of the quintuple alliance. These policies were somewhat effective because there were no wars between the quintuple alliance leading up to 1853 and most of the revolutions that occurred in these countries were easily crushed.
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