MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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To divide France into territories dominated by other European kingdoms
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To eliminate the dangerous balance of power that had emerged in Europe
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To make sure no European country ever became much stronger than the others
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To ensure that France would not return to a system of absolute monarchy
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Detailed explanation-1: -This was the purpose of the Congress of Vienna. The Congress of Vienna was a meeting of European nations that set out a strategy to maintain peace and stability throughout the continent. It gathered in 1814 following the first defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France and namesake of the Napoleonic Wars.
Detailed explanation-2: -The objective of the Congress was to provide a long-term peace plan for Europe by settling critical issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars through negotiation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Following the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, monarchs and diplomats from some 200 European states, provinces and cities flocked to Vienna in late summer 1814 to reorganise the distribution of power in Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -The meeting took place in Vienna from 1814-November to 1815-June. Complete answer: Britain, Prussia, Russia, and Austria, the leaders of the European powers, met in Vienna in 1815 to draft a treaty for Europe.
Detailed explanation-5: -So, these leaders met at the Congress of Vienna from 1814-1815 to decide how the borders of Europe should be re-drawn, to repair the damage Napoleon and the French Revolution had wrought.