WORLD HISTORY

FRENCH REVOLUTION

FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
All of the following occurred as a result of the settlements reached at the Congress of Vienna EXCEPT
A
Prussia received territory on the Rhineland making it closer to France.
B
Prussia received territory on the Rhineland making it closer to France.
C
Prussia took control of part of Saxony.
D
Italy was unified under Sardinian leadership.
E
Russia assumed control of a small Polish kingdom.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The major final agreements were as follows. In return for acquiring Poland, Alexander gave back Galicia to Austria and gave Thorn and a region around it to Prussia; Kraków was made a free town. The rest of the Duchy of Warsaw was incorporated as a separate kingdom under the Russian emperor’s sovereignty.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. United States of America was not a part of Vienna Congress of 1815. The Treaty of Vienna of 1815 was the formal agreement of the allied powers – Austria, Great Britain, Prussia and Russia to draw up a settlement for Europe.

Detailed explanation-4: -Solution: The objective of the Treaty of Vienna was to undo most of the changes that had come about in Europe during the Napoleonic wars. The Bourbon Dynasty was restored to power in France. France also lost all of the territories it had gained under Napoleon.

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