A new Europe

Congress of Vienna

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What kind of government did the allies want to replace Napoleon ?

King

Church Army

King Louis XVIII

Servant: “ Sire, now you are King of France.”

Louis XVII: “When have I NOT been King?”

The Marseillaise

“Aux armes, citoyensFormez vos bataillonsMarchons, marchons!

Qu’un sang impur Abreuve nos sillons!”

“Citizens, get your weapons!Organise your troops!

March onwards, onwards! Let the poisoned blood of our enemies

soak into our fields”

Symbols of liberty

Painting by Eugène Delacroix, called “Liberty leading the People”

“The spirit of liberty is going to envelop the entire world.”

Revolutions 1750-1850Independence

Corsica

South-east RussiaHungary

Sardinia

Spain Austrian Tyrol

Serbia America

Belgium

Greece

Central and South America

Ireland

Germany Italy

Poland

Democracy

Geneva

Poland

Liberty and equality

Anti-slavery

France

Haiti

Anti-feudalism

Belgium

Punjab, India, 1947

The Iranian Revolution 1978

Cuban Revolution 1959

The English statesman John Hampden (1594-1643) was a leader of Parliament in its resistance to Charles I.

Artist: F. Tocksmay

Algernon Sydney(1622-1683)

politician executed for allegedly plotting

to overthrow the government of King

Charles II

Patrick Henry (1736-1799) American Revolutionary Leader and Orator

For good

for bad

…FOR EVER