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Similarities And Differences Between The Congress Of Vienna And The Congress Of Vienna

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The Treaty of Versaille and the Congress of Vienna are major treaties that in their own way, played major parts in world history. The Congress of Vienna was created post Napoleon Era to fix the damages that France created during that time period. Nearly 100 years later, the Treaty of Versaille officially ended the first World War between Germany and the rest of the leaders of Europe including England, France, and the United States. Being from different periods of time, both agreements settled an unbalance of power and created systems to rebuild Europe into a better form. A difference between the two can be seen as the Congress of Vienna was to rebuild while the purpose for the Treaty of Versailles was to end the war and hold Germany responsible for what they did. Although the Treaty of Versaille and the Congress of Vienna share some common similarities and differences including the equality of land distribution and balance of powers, the Congress of Vienna and the Treaty of Versaille are more similar than different because, “The Vienna Settlement of 1815 has been ranked with the Peace of Westphalia (1648), the Peace of Utrecht (1713), and the Peace of Paris (1919) as one of the four most significant international agreements in the history of modern Europe”(Concert of Europe 1). “The Congress of Vienna assembled in September 1814. Never had such a brilliant gathering been seen. All the states of Europe sent representatives and many defunct states, such as the

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