The Congress of Vienna was a gathering of leaders from the European nations that had defeated France and Napoleon -- and France was allowed representation also. (The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, had a role there. )

The delegates of the Congress of Vienna were interested in creating a balance of power in European politics. They did not want one nation to become too powerful again and press beyond its borders as France had done under Napoleon. The Congress of Vienna emphasized also the principal of "legitimacy" -- trying to put rulers in power that they thought to be the legitimate rulers of nations. (So, for instance, the Bourbon monarchy was restored in France.) They sought to prevent revolutions and unrest from breaking out again ... but it would only be a couple decades before further revolutions did occur.

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In the late-1800s, where were the immigrants from who faced discrimination that arrived on the west coast? The United States gov

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<span>You are probably talking about Chinese immigrants in the United States, who began immigrating into the country in 18th century. Thousands of Chinese workers went to the California Gold Rush looking for work, while thousands more were hired to build the First Transcontinental Railroad. Treatment of Chinese immigrants are particularly harsh since they become targets for populist politicians and white laborers. In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed which barred practically all Chinese from entering the United States for 10 years.</span>

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