AP®︎ European History: Topic 5.7 Flashcards

1814–1815 diplomatic settlement that restored legitimate dynasties where practical, contained France, reestablished a balance of power, and sought to restrain liberalism and nationalism after Napoleon’s defeat

Austrian foreign minister and leading architect of the Vienna settlement who defended monarchy and opposed liberalism and nationalism as threats to Austria and European stability

French foreign minister who invoked legitimacy and exploited divisions among the victors to restore defeated France to major-power diplomacy

Congress dispute over Russian control of Poland and Prussian annexation of Saxony, resolved by giving Russia most of the Duchy of Warsaw and Prussia only part of Saxony

Distribution of power intended to prevent any one state from dominating Europe; at Vienna it meant containing but not destroying France and strengthening neighboring states

Vienna principle of restoring lawful hereditary dynasties displaced by revolution or Napoleon, applied selectively when compatible with strategic interests

Vienna principle of rewarding victorious powers, usually with territory, for wartime sacrifices or lands surrendered elsewhere

Defense of hereditary monarchy, established authority, social hierarchy, religion, and gradual development against revolutionary political change

Buffer state created by uniting the Dutch Republic with the former Austrian Netherlands; its southern provinces broke away as Belgium in 1830

Loose association of 39 German states created at Vienna under Austrian presidency, without a strong central government or German national unity

Kingdom formed from most of the former Duchy of Warsaw, nominally autonomous but controlled by the Russian tsar as its king

Ideology favoring legal equality, constitutional government, civil liberties, representative institutions, and limits on arbitrary monarchical power

Belief that a people sharing a language, culture, history, or identity constitute a nation entitled to political unity or self-government

1815 alliance of Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia to guard against renewed French aggression, uphold the Vienna settlement, and continue consultation

Alliance proposed by Tsar Alexander I and joined by Russia, Austria, and Prussia, symbolically linking Christian monarchical solidarity with opposition to revolution

Post-Vienna system of great-power conferences and collective diplomacy intended to manage disputes and preserve the European settlement

Restored under the House of Savoy and enlarged with Genoa to create a stronger buffer against France on its southeastern frontier