1. Europe of the
Restoration
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Congress of Vienna is
led by Metternich
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His aim was the restoration of
the absolute monarchies
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The big four (Russia,Prussia,
Austria and G. Britain)
reorganized the map of Europe
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The monarchs were supplied by
his throne . The absolutism went
back.
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The Holy Alliance . Its
purpose was to install the
Christian values of charity and
Peace in European political life

2. Restoration
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They signed a big alliance
to prevent revolutionary
influences from entering
these nations .
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The alliance was against
democracy, revolution and
secularism
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It permitted the right to
military intervention if a
country was falling into
the hands of the
liberalism movement
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From 1825 Liberalism and
Nationalism got the
opposing forces for the
Restoration Metternich

3. Liberalism
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The citizen is a free individual
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The citizens are the nation , which has
sovereignty
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The parliament is elected by suffrage
and elaborates the laws .
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A constitution is necessary
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The division of power is proclaimed
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The right of property is a fundamental
freedom and the economy is based on
the market .
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The Government must never intervene
in the economy

4. Nationalism
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Definition:
nationalism is a centrifugal
political ideology
that the right of
the people to
make decisions for
themselves and to
defend their
sovereignty
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There are two
types:
centripetal
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Centrifugal
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Centripetal