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This 3 page paper looks at the results and outcomes of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, considering the impact of the agreements reached by the leaders and the way that the new boarders were drawn up in Europe to determine whether or not the moves where good for Europe in the long term. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
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able to optimise their position and gain the best outcome. The 1815 Congress of Vienna was a ground breaking agreement, taking place in an environment of change and political turmoil
resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the French revolution as well as the Roman Empire dissolution. The agreement that was reached saw major changes in the political map; these included
but where not limited to Russia being allocated the majority of Warsaw and would keep Finland that had been annexed from Sweden in 1809, Prussia gained roughly 40% of Saxony,
as well as some parts of Warsaw, along with Rhineland/Westphalia, there was the creation of the German Confederation made up of 38 states, Southern Netherlands and the Netherlands were reunited
into a single state under a monarch and the neutrality of Switzerland was guaranteed (Nicolson, 2001). There were also the
creation of spheres of influence which would be used in the settlement of regional and local problems. The overall aim was to create a political balance Europe; the congress was
the first of a number of international meetings which are collative known as the Concert of Europe (Nicolson, 2001). There is little doubt that a great deal of good came
from the congress, and it is interesting to note there was a condemnation of the slave trade. With stability crated and many of the boundaries and ideas set still seen
as relevant today it may be easy to argue that this was a positive agreement (Nicolson, 2001). In hindsight the process was
painful and is also subject to criticisms. During the division of nations there was an objective to reduce the size of France and the frontiers to their previous size and
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