Through the many wars and peace congresses of the 18th century, European diplomacy strove to maintain a balance between five great powers: Britain, France, Austria, Russia, and Prussia. At the century’s end, however, the French Revolution, France’s efforts to export it, and the attempts of Napoleon I to conquer Europe first unbalanced and then overthrew the continent’s state system. After Napoleon’s defeat, the Congress of Vienna was convened in 1814–15 to set new boundaries, re-create the balance of power, and guard against future French hegemony. It also dealt with international problems internationally, taking up issues such as rivers, the slave trade, and the rules of diplomacy. The Final Act of Vienna of 1815, as amended at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) in 1818, established four classes of heads of diplomatic missions—precedence within each class being determined by the date of presentation of credentials—and a system for signing treaties in French alphabetical order by country name. Thus ended the battles over precedence. Unwritten rules also were established. At Vienna, for example, a distinction was made between great powers and “powers with limited interests.” Only great powers exchanged ambassadors. Until 1893 the United States had no ambassadors; like those of other lesser states, its envoys were only ministers.
<span>The Compromise of 1850 addresses several different elements of slavery. For example, California will enter the United States as a free state. Along with this, there will be a new Fugitive Slave Law which will help Southerners to obtain slaves that tried to runaway to the North. This compromise also introduces the idea of popular sovereignty. Popular sovereignty calls on the citizens to vote on whether or not they want slavery. This idea is used in the New Mexico territory. Despite the compromises made, this law does not solve the long term issue of whether or not slavery will exist in the US. </span>
You have to include the answer choices but the french really focused on freedom to express their thoughts, democracy, individulasm, and more rights for the common people becuase france was divided by class.
