note: use these questions and terms to help guide your note-taking during lecture

Setting the Stage

1. What were the leaders of Europe looking to establish after Napoleon was defeated
2. What was the Congress of Vienna?
3. How long the Congress of Vienna last? How long was it supposed to last?

Metternich’s Plan for Europe

1. What countries made up the five “great powers”? Who were the representatives for each country?
2. Who was the foreign minister of Austria?
3. What were Metternich’s three goals at the Congress of Vienna?
4. What was “legitimacy”?
5. How was the Congress of Vienna a political triumph?

Political Changes Beyond Vienna

1. Who made up the Holy Alliance?
2. What was the Concert of Europe? What did it assure?

Key Terms

• Congress of Vienna
• Klemens von Metternich
• Balance of Power
• Legitimacy
• Conservatism
• Holy Alliance
• Concert of Europe