Preparation

Preparation for the Model Congress of Vienna

PREPARATION

Each Delegation will be responsible for researching and writing a short position paper on the issues involved from the point of view of the assigned country. The position paper must include a resolution to the issue it is addressing. Both Participation in the simulation and the Position Paper will be graded at the discretion of the teacher.

COUNTRIES YOU CAN REPRESENT

You may choose from the following list of member nations of the Congress of Vienna; France, Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia. List your top five choices on the application form. Make sure you fill in only one application. Countries will be chosen by lottery.

TOPICS

LEGITIMACY
“Legitimacy” involved the restoration of dynasties deposed during the Napoleonic period, among which were the restoration of Bourbon lines to the thrones of France, Spain, and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and the House of Orange to the throne of Holland.

SECURITY (Balance of Power)
Under the principle of “Security,” the states near or adjacent to France were enlarged to prevent any possible future aggression on the part of that country. Thus Holland and Prussia were given new territories; and Switzerland was perpetually neutralized and given additional regions on the French frontier.

COMPENSATION
The principle of “Compensation,” besides embracing the territorial provisions made under “Security,” included new Russian, British, and Austrian territories. The territorial provisions of the Second Peace of Paris were based on the boundaries of France, as they had existed in 1790.