Britain's view of France during the Congress of Vienna

The most basic purpose of the Congress of Vienna was to undo what Napoleon had done to Europe. Britain was one of the few countries who was able to hold off being taken over by Napoleon because of their strong navy and control of the high seas. This made Britain and France enemies of a sort, and thus Britain would see to it that France was punished. Britain was most likely pleased with the results of the congress, for they were able to obtain some valuable lands, although they gave up little in the conquests of Napoleon. Going into the meeting, Britain wanted France to as little of the land as possible to completely suppress the power Napoleon had developed. France gained only the Land of Two Sicilies, and were given no power anywhere else in Europe. This satisfied Britain who would do whatever necessary to crush the French empire.