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"When France has a cold, all of Europe sneezes" Klemens Von Metternich, a minster of foreign affair in Austria from 1809-1848. He had also been part of the alliance agaisnt Napleon, the emperor of france. He was one of the most important diplomats of him era. He was serving as the Foreign Minister of the Holy Roman Empire from 1809 until the revolutions of 1848 forced his resignation. This quote was said at a time of liberal revolution. In 1848-1871 there had been a revolt from the liberals in Europe. During this time the economy in Eupore was awful. People worked long hours for little pay and had awful working and living conditions. Haversts in places all over Europe were doing poorly during 1847. With that food prices were extreamly high the poor could get little food. Nothing was being done to help feed the starving. With all of that going on socialism started coming up. Ideas of this began to spread throughout france finally causing the liberals to revolt. During this time the liberals beheaded their emperor and his wife, finally endeding the rain of monachry. The revolts started in France were moderate liberals gave rousing speeches, eventully it spread throughout al of east and central Europe. This quote is very accurate for this time peird. It made sense that it was said durning a time of revolutions that began in France.
On May 15th, 1773 Klemens Von Metternich was born in Coblenz. Metternich grew up at the court of various German princes and never had a steady home location. He was sent to Strasburg in 1788 to complete his education at the famous University of Strasbourg where he studied diplomacy. On June 11th, 1859 Metternich died in Vienna, Germany. Throughout his life he accompilsed many great achevemn...

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...as thebeat time for this quote to be said. Ideas from France spread all over the continent. What happened in France effercted Europe. Even with little events going on in France they still caused great effects of the rest of east and central Europe. In my opinion this was an extraordinary quote for this peiord of time.
The french Revolution of 1848-18 inspired this quote. Metternich wanted to restore Europes Blances for he had loved monarchy with a great passion. This revolution caused the dominion efferct throught Europe. France liberals had such great great influence on the rest of Europe that one counrty after the other started revolting do to the ideas or liberalism and nationalism spreading. The smallest event in France effected the entire contient. With Francess power and the ideas from the enlightenment spreading into a time of monarchy.

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