The Congress of Vienna brought together the European Great Powers together immediately following Napoleon and France's defeat in 1914. The goal of the Congress was to restore order to the European Continent. The leaders of Britain, France, Russia, and Austria sought to do this through re-establishing the balance of power in Europe to prevent future conflict. Through this "congress" which was in fact a series of informal conversations between the countries leaders led to the establishment of numerous treaties between the Great Powers. As parts of these treaties there were also large territorial redistributions of land amongst the great powers.
There was a lot of impact on slaves in the south rather than the north
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As the ashes of the Alamo continued to smolder, Sam Houston feared another disaster could befall his Texas Army. Mexican forces under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna continued to sweep across Texas toward Fort Defiance, the presidio in Goliad that had been seized by the rebels in October 1835 at the onset of the war for independence. Houston ordered Colonel James W. Fannin to evacuate his 400-man force from Goliad and retreat to Victoria, a town 30 miles to the east behind the natural defense of the Guadalupe River. “The immediate advance of the enemy may be confidently expected,” Houston warned Fannin. “Prompt movements are therefore highly important.”
