CONGRESS OF VIENNA

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CONGRESS OF VIENNA

• BRITAINS INFLUENCE

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Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh

• British delegate at the congress of Vienna
• Was known as the 2nd Marquess of Londonderry
• Committed suicide on the 12 of august 1822

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Robert Banks Jenkinson

• Born on the 7th of June in 1770
• Known as the 2nd Earl of Liverpool
• PRIME MINISTER OF UNITED KINGDOM (Great Britain)
• Died December 4th 1828

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KING GEORGE THE THIRD

• Born June 4th 1738
• King of Great Britain and Ireland from October
  25th 1760 January 1st 1801
• Died January 29th 1820

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BRITISH GENERAL AIMS

• Wanted a balance of power.
• Hoped to establish a strong alliance with
  Prussia, Austria, and the German states.
• Wanted to control German states
• Wanted Poland to continue to be an independent
  state
• Wanted Saxony returned to its legitimate ruler
• Wanted plundered art returned
• Also wanted compensation from France for the cost
  of the war

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The British Flag

• The flag of Great Britain represents the flags of
  three countries
• The red cross, outlined in white, is the cross
  of St. George, the patron saint of England, and
  represents England and Wales. The white diagonal
  cross on a blue base is the cross of St. Andrew,
  the patron saint of Scotland, and represents
  Scotland. The red diagonal cross on a white base
  is the cross of St. Patrick, the patron saint of
  Ireland.