Comparison Of Nationalism In France And France

The years during the 1800s were very gory in terms of the Revolutions that took place in Latin America and Europe. Two brave countries tried to innovate their governments, which caused uproar and lead to a revolution. France was gutsy and courageous, and overthrew their King, they ran him out of the city and later beheaded him. On the other hand Russia strived for years to try and take back their government, and overthrow their ruler. Russia did not succeed but they had good spirit; they said “A Russian devoted to his country will no more consent to the loss of one of the tenets of our Orthodoxy than to the theft of one pearl from the crown…” Both countries had nationalism, and they fought with their hearts and souls. They are similar in the fact that they both had the same goal and the same dream; to govern themselves and not be told what to do anymore. In the same way, Mexico and
Haiti broke off from their mother country, and made themselves independent. Mexico was dictated by Spain, and in 1910 the Mexican Revolution began. Conflicts and fighting took place, but in 1917 a constitution was drafted and Mexico became a Constitutional Republic. In the painting by Juan O’Gorman called “The Independence Mural,” it shows the people of Mexico taking a stand and rallying for independence. This painting shows Mexican Nationalism because the people are holding up signs and swords, are look ready to fight for their country. Similarly, Haiti attained independence from France because a slave revolt broke out and Haiti fought for independence as well. Haiti won and changed its name from St. Domingue back to its original name Haiti, as it is called nowadays. In contrast, some countries fought to try and unify regions into one nation; such as Italy and Germany.
Between 1848 and 1871, Italy unified offbeat regions into one united entity. Italy got the ideas from the French Revolution; which influenced the Kingdom of Italy and the other regions that are now part of Italy. Nationalism was very important in Italy Count Cavour described it like this: “Nationalism has become general; it grows daily; and it has already grown strong enough to keep all parts of Italy united despite the differences that distinguish them.” The German Revolution was inspired by France as well. It was considered to be a bunch of little protests and rebellions; the German Revolution was also called the Revolutions of 1848. “There were many religious disputes that broke up the close inner unity of Germany,” but “The people are joined by a multitude of invisible bonds.” There could have been millions of lives spared if we could have learned from these very mistakes made in the past, but unfortunately that is not the case and we still continue to make these
mistakes.