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//Theme 17: Relationships between domestic and foreign policies//
 * __ Congress of Vienna __**
 * __ 1815 __**

The Congress of Vienna in 1815 was a major effect on domestic and foreign policies. It was a peace settlement after the previous war with Napoleon. Klemens von Metternich leaded this and it was an attempt to restrain the power of France. This was used as a balance of power for France used after Napoleon’s rise and his conquers of other countries. The policy was mainly to contain France and limit its power. Austria, Prussia, Great Britain, and Russia all were in on containing France’s power. This key factor leads to France never rising to power as it had when Napoleon ruled.

McKay, John P. __History of Western society__. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003