The document compares the Treaty of Vienna (1815) and the Treaty of Versailles (1919). The Treaty of Vienna aimed to restore European monarchies after Napoleon and was negotiated mainly by Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Britain. It was more generous to France to avoid future conflict. The Treaty of Versailles established terms to end WWI, but imposed harsh penalties on Germany, assigning sole blame and large reparations, weakening Germany economically and politically. While both treaties had flaws, the document argues the Treaty of Vienna was a more realistic accommodation after its conflict than Versailles was after WWI.

1. Treaty of Vienna (1815)
v.
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Daniel Son
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2. Prompt:
 1976 - “The Treaty of Vienna (1815) was a
more realistic accommodation to the post-
Napoleonic period than was the Versailles
settlement (1919) to the post-First World
War period.”
 Decide the merits of the statement above and in a well-
developed argument support your decision with a carefully
reasoned analysis of the events mentioned.

3. Treaty of Vienna (1815)
 The Great Powers of Europe held a Congress at Vienna to
settle boundaries after the Napoleonic era.
 No great rewards or punishments.
 Was generous to France so as to keep them from wanting
revenge.
 Wanted to revert to a pre-revolutionary status which only
succeeded temporarily because the world was too liberal.
 Restored European monarchies.
 Ignored demands for liberalism.
 Was mainly negotiated by Austria, Prussia, Russia, & Great
Britain (later, France).
 Aimed to preserve the peace in Europe. A peace that lasted 40
years (Crimean War).

4. Napoleonic Europe

5. Europe after the Treaty of Vienna (1815).

6. Treaty of Versailles (1919)
 Peace conference that had representatives of 27 nations.
 Were determined not to make the mistakes made in the Congress of
Vienna. (Reactionary aristocrats, ignoring liberalism)
 Wished to create eternal peace.
 Led mainly by the United States, Great Britain, & France. Kept
Germany out.
 Wilson (USA) spoke for an idealistic & democratic international
cooperation - the League of Nations.
 France & England were not very happy as they wanted to punish
Germany.
 France wanted a demilitarized buffer zone from Germany.
 France instead had a formal defensive alliance with the US and Great
Britain in case of German attack. However, France was later
abandoned by both countries.

7. Conditions for Germany
 Could only have an armed force of 100,000
men.
 Could only have navy of 15,000.
 No import/export of weapons.
 Cede Alsace-Lorraine to France.
 Cede foreign territories to the Allies.
 Put all blame on Germany and its Allies and
required that they pay for reparations.
 ~$785 billion USD. Reduced to 81.
 Further weakened German economy.

8. Territorial changes after World War I.

9. Analysis & Conclusion
 Both treaties had their faults.
 The Treaty of Vienna tried to revert to a
monarchist Europe.
 The Treaty of Versailles left Germany
extremely weak and politically unstable.
 However, the Treaty of Vienna had more
realistic demands of the French empire
while the Germans were left very
vulnerable, which set the stage for Nazi
Germany.