Name:_________________________ Chapter 21 Worksheet: “Conservatism in Europe and Revolution Abroad” (Kagan, pg. 711-724; Weber, pg. 323-327) Conservatism in Austria and the Germanies 1. Who was Prince Clemens von Metternich? 2. Why were the forces of liberalism and nationalism potentially more dangerous to Austria than any other country in Europe? 3. What was the German Confederation? 4. What were the Burschenschaften? What incident did Metternich use as an excuse to suppress the Burschenschaften? 5. Identify the following terms: Carlsbad Decrees— Final Act— Conservatism in Great Britain 6. Why do you think the British government was decidedly conservative after the defeat of Napoleon? 7. Describe the following conservative laws passed by Parliament between 1799 and 1819? Combination Acts (1799)— Corn Law (1815)— Coercion Act (1817)— Six Acts (1819)— 8. What was the significance of “Peterloo” and the Cato Street Conspiracy? How did theses events strengthen conservatism in England? Conservatism in France 9. Why did Louis XVIII agree to be a constitutional monarch? 10. What was the Charter? Describe its provisions? 11. Who was the Count of Artois? How did he convince Louis XVIII to become more repressive (i.e., conservative)? 12. Identify some of the conservative measures enacted by Louis XVIII after 1820. The Conservative International Order 13. What was the Concert of Europe? 14. Why do you think Britain rejected the proposal that the Quadruple Alliance agree to uphold the borders and the existing governments of all European countries? 15. Identify the reasons the following Congresses were called and what was decided at each. Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818)— Congress of Troppau (1820)— Congress of Laibach (1821)— Congress of Verona (1822)— 16. What was the “Eastern Question”? 17. Why did the major powers of Europe support a nationalistic uprising in Greece when they had suppressed a liberalistic uprising in Spain and a nationalistic uprising in Italy? 18. ____________ also gained its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1830. 19. Why was Haiti’s revolution unique in the Latin American drive for liberty from European masters? 20. Who were the Creoles? 21. Identify the following people and the countries they liberated: Toussaint L’Overture— Jose de San Martin— Simon Bolivar— Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla— Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon— Dom Pedro— 22. T or F: Creole leaders in Latin America could be said to have developed a reform program based upon Enlightenment ideas and those associated with the American Revolution. 23. T or F: Mexico was the first area within Latin America to rise in revolution against Spain. .