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 “Austrian Prime Minister Klemens Metternich's proposal to use force to regain Latin America for Spain led American president James Monroe to establish the Monroe Doctrine for the protection of all the Americas (Klemens Metternich 1).” With Metternich's idea of "legitimacy," he tried to restore the aristocracy in the nations of Europe, where the countries would recapture their former colonies that they once. As he tried to restore aristocracy, Metternich created the Netherlands, including present-day Belgium and Holland. He also restored France's former boundaries before Napoleon's rule.

Klemens Von Metternich is a very controversial figure when it comes to his accomplishments. Some praise him but, on the other hand, some detest him. He also “had led Austria in its greatest hours, having become a sort of super-secretary of state in 1821 and state chancellor in 1824 (Klemens Metternich 4).” Von Metternich is most well known for keeping Europe at peace for approximately a century (1815-1914). He did this through his many ideas, and diplomacy. Metternich had ideas, and visions of a grouped power. This power would supposedly “balance out” the actions of the different powers of the world, whether those actions be for the good, or for the bad. Because of the extensive peace that Von Metternich created, the years of 1815-1914 are referred to in a praising tone, as the “Age of Metternich”. By the year of 1815, he was “at the peak of his power and popularity in Austria (Klemens von Metternich 3).” Klemens Von Metternich also contributed greatly to Austria’s success. He focused a very large portion of his time to helping them with their “internal problems”. He worked at the Congress of Vienna to create confederations in Germany and in Italy. Metternich also had a very successful political career. Going from a statesman and politician to an Austrian Ambassador to Berlin and Dresden, and later he became the ambassador to France. Even though Metternich had strived for aristocracy, he managed to keep Europe stable for a century.

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 * *Since Metternich tried to restore a monarchy, he believed liberals and revolutionaries would ruin the unity of Austria. || *The "Age of Metternich"--which started from the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815 to the Revolutions of 1848--was a time period when Metternich's diplomacy was extremely influential on the European countries; there was not no major outbreak of war since Napoleon. || *Before Metternich's diplomacy, Austria was eduring some "severe internal problems (Klemens von Metternich 4)." ||
 * *Nationalism and liberalism, he believed, were a threat to the Austrian Empire, so he strived to suppress such. || *Metternich worked towards restoring the European nation's aristocratic forms they once had before the revolutions. || *His marriage brought him more power, and into a circle of powerful austrian politicians.

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 * *Under Metternich, the social structure returned to its former structure where the clergy and monarchy and nobility governed the rest of the country. || *The Quadruple Alliance consisted of Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Austria. These four countries joined to resist Napoleon's invasions. || *Metternich was born into an aristocratic family, thus setting his career in politics.

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 * *He became a "symbol of repression (Klemens von Metternich 5)." || *During Metternich's time, Germany and Italy were divided into smaller individual governments. Before Napoleon's invasion, there were over 300 individual governments in Gemany. The Congress of Vienna reduced the number to 35. Among them, Austria and Prussia were the biggest and most powerful. || *By the Revolutions of 1848, Metternich had to submit to the liberal economic changes. ||
 * *Metternich was the most dominant statesman of the era. || *Metternich believed Spain should reclaim its former colonies, so U.S. President James Monroe made a statement of the United States' position against reinvasion of the Americas by Europe. || *During this time period of 1815-1914, Europe was the foremost economic and military power in the world. ||

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1. What did Klemens von Metternich try to restore?

2. What country did the Metternich represent in the Congress of Vienna?

3. What did the Congress of Vienna do?

4. What did Metternich believe was a threat to the Austrian Empire?

5. He became a symbol of what?

6. The period between 1815-1914 is referred to as what?

7. What is he most known for?

8. By what time did he have to submit to liberal changes?

9. The Age of Metternich started after what?

10. Who did the Quadruple Alliance consist of?

Answers: 1. monarchy 2. Austria 3. They formed to reform Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. 4. nationalism and liberalism 5. repression 6. the Age of Metternich 7. Keeping Europe at peace for approximately a century. 8. during the Revolutions of 1848 9. the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte 10. Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Austria

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