Throughout time‚ a unifying force amongst all people has been an affiliation or association to something that they make up and played a part in‚ something that is bigger than themselves. This consolidating power is known a nationalism‚ and it played a significant role in Europe throughout the 18th‚ 19th and 20th centuries. Nationalism brought together people into nation-states‚ overthrew empires composed of many minority groups and played a large role in the outbreak of wars in the 19th century.
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The Revolutions of 1848 were a series of political and economic revolts that took place in Europe because of a recession and abuse of political power. Although changes were made all throughout Europe‚ the original‚ oppressive government took back control soon after‚ undoing the work of the revolutionaries. Although these changes didn’t last long‚ the revolutions did prove to both the governments and revolutionaries that the people had the power to undermine the government in order to bring about
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Bradley 1 Unification of Italy There were at least two reasons why it was not easy to unify Italy. One of the reasons was internal to Italy while the other was external. The external reason was that there were foreign countries that had interests in the Italian peninsula. It was not simply a matter of getting various Italian states to agree to unify. Instead‚ there were the French and the Austrians to contend with. Both of these powers had interests in Italy and had to be dealt with in
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Freemasonry‚ teachings and practices of the secret fraternal order officially known as the Free and Accepted Masons‚ or Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Organizational Structure There are approximately 5 million members worldwide‚ mostly in the United States and other English-speaking countries. With adherents in almost every nation where Freemasonry is not officially banned‚ it forms the largest secret society in the world. There is no central Masonic authority; jurisdiction is divided among
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In the nineteenth century several nations in Europe‚ notably Britain‚ established liberal oriented governments. Building on the ideas of philosophers like John Locke liberals supported free elections and basic civil rights for men‚ free trade‚ representative democracy‚ fair laws‚ and the sacredness of private property. T he French Revolution shattered the concept of absolutism in Europe and unleashed the idea of the nation-state. Napoleon’s armies spread this concept throughout Europe. Early in the
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The History and Sights of Calabria Calabria is a region in southern Italy‚ south of Naples located at the “toe” of the peninsula. The capital of the region is Cosenza. The region is bounded between Basilicata‚ the Tyrrhenian Sea‚ and the Ionian Sea. The region has a population of two million and that number is still rising. Calabria was first settled by Italic Oscan – speaking tribes. Two of these tribes consisted of Oenotri‚ or the “vine-cultivators” and the Itali. Greek contact with the latter
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Compare and Contrast nation building in the United States‚ Italy‚ and Germany in the 19th century. The fall of Napoleon in the early 19th century had awoken a spirit of nationalism and sparked the unification of many countries around the world. The Congress of Vienna restored territories conquered by Napoleon‚ but it distributed land in ways that methodically kept certain territorial areas from uniting to form large‚ possibly powerful countries. Nonetheless‚ people across Europe fought for unification
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How united was Italy by 1860? INTRODUCTION To a large extent‚ Italy was not united by 1760 Reason: - There is no integration of all state uniting as one - Parochialism: people owe their royalty to their locality and thus‚ although Piedmont have shown herself as the only state suitable to lead the Italy confederation (if it was united)‚ sense of nationalism can still not be found. - YET: it was pretty much united when compare to 1815‚ or 1848. BODY One of the
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Grade 12 West & the World – Unit Test #3 Review Industrial Revolution Economic‚ Social‚ Political & Intellectual Changes – Economic: New innovations result in increase in production of goods‚ and trade. New ways of organizing human labor = increase in productivity. Changed the way banks and stock exchanges operated Brought a new understanding of economics Social: Transformed the way people made a living. Made new middle class – “working class” Changes in family lifestyle and
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Nationalists looked up to the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia because of their power over the Italian states. In 1848‚ the kingdom had adopted a liberal constitution. So to the middle class liberals‚ unification under Piedmont Sardinia was appealing. Giuseppe Garibaldi‚ the leader of army of nationalists‚ captured Sicily. After marching across the Italian mainland their was an agreement to let the Sardinian king rule. Like Italy‚ Germany achieved national unity around the same time. The Austrian Empire took
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