The Congress of Vienna (Part 2) (1814 to 1815)
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This video details the territorial disputes and diplomatic negotiations regarding Poland and Saxony at the Congress of Vienna, concluding with a settlement that created the Kingdom of Poland under Russian control and partitioned Saxony.
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Answers: How were Poland and Saxony handled during the Congress of Vienna?
- Congress of Vienna
- Poland Crisis
- Saxony dispute
- Metternich diplomacy
- Treaty of Vienna
What it concludes
- The Great Powers cut out the Central Committee by negotiating informally amongst themselves.
- Talleyrand successfully broke up the anti-French alliance by inserting France into negotiations and siding with Prussia over Saxony.
- Tsar Alexander threatened war to keep all of Poland, leading Austria, Britain, and France to form a secret defense alliance.
- Metternich and Castlereagh compromised by giving Prussia half of Saxony and establishing a constitutional Kingdom of Poland under Russian rule.
- The Congress of Vienna established the Concert of Europe, a system of great power diplomacy to prevent future conflicts.
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