THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
NAPOLEONIC WARS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Russia and China
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Austria and Prussia
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Luxembourg and Switzerland
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -German Confederation, organization of 39 German states, established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to replace the destroyed Holy Roman Empire. It was a loose political association, formed for mutual defense, with no central executive or judiciary. Delegates met in a federal assembly dominated by Austria.
Detailed explanation-2: -Saxe-Weimar, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Saxe-Hildburghausen (5 states) Brunswick and Nassau (2 states) Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz (2 states) Oldenburg, Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Köthen, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (6 states)
Detailed explanation-3: -The balance of power negotiated at the Vienna Congress between the 5 great powers Russia, Great Britain, France, Austria and Prussia did indeed prove to be comparatively stable. Its basic features lasted almost 100 years until the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
Detailed explanation-4: -Eventually, the Final Act of the Congress of Vienna of 9 June 1815 defined the territorial settlement of Europe in general, and Poland in particular. The Polish crisis had an unexpected outcome in that it eventually reinforced the solidarity between the Allies.