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| - Following the Congress of Vienna, much of the old order had been restored. The Big Six, as I call them, were the most powerful empires following the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
* Kingdom of Prussia
* Austrian Empire
* Russian Empire
* Kingdom of France
* United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
* Ottoman Empire None of this helped their current situation, and by 1848, when Louis Phillipe of Orleans, King of France had managed to anger enough of his people, they finally rose up against him...
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| - Following the Congress of Vienna, much of the old order had been restored. The Big Six, as I call them, were the most powerful empires following the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
* Kingdom of Prussia
* Austrian Empire
* Russian Empire
* Kingdom of France
* United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
* Ottoman Empire Each of them had either gained or lost enough territory following the Congress, so that they would maintain their European dominance. Prussia had gained most of the Rhine, to act as a buffer between France and the new German Confederation. Austria gained most of Northern Italy, and had finalized its Polish borders with Prussia and Russia. The Ottomans regained Egypt, and Russia had secured its holdings. Britain occupied Malta, and its personal union with Hannover continued. However, Napoleon Bonaparte's radical rewriting had left a mark. It spread the seeds of German and Italian nationalism, following the creation of the Rhine Confederation and Napoleonic Italy. Across the Atlantic, Spain and Portugal's colonies were growing restless, and attempted to take advantage of the opportunity like Haiti. Also, with the explosion of the Industrial Revolution, factories, railroads, and steam boats began to become common place, and with it, demans for labor laws. The ideas of the Enlightenment were becoming well-known throughout Europe, to the point that a dangerous mixture had been concocted. Even before 1848, Europe had experienced two other revolutions. By 1835, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands was no more, as Belgium had broken away. And in the Balkans, one of the Ottoman's greatest fears had come to fruitation. Greece, which had long been under their thumb, had declared its independence and had fought a nine-year war against the Ottomans. By 1828, a combined French, British, and Russian fleet intervened on the side of Greece, and their independence was secured by May of 1832. None of this helped their current situation, and by 1848, when Louis Phillipe of Orleans, King of France had managed to anger enough of his people, they finally rose up against him...
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