USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A wave of economic nationalism strengthened the wider nationalist sentiments growing at the time. Following the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, European governments were driven by a spirit of conservatism.

Detailed explanation-2: -French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte increased nationalistic tendencies both at home and abroad. In France, he unified the law with the 1804 Napoleonic Code and boosted morale through military victories. His enemies abroad strengthened their own national unity as they worked to fight Napoleon or chafed at their defeat.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the occupation, Napoleon destroyed and disallowed many nations’ individual cultures, and the people of these nations greatly resented this. As a result, Napoleon’s conquests spurred a new nationalism in the occupied nations, particularly in Germany and Italy, at a level that had never previously existed.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ideas of liberty and equality were spreading all over Europe which Napoleon had brought with him. People were rising against any autocratic system which opposed the ideas of liberalism or equality. The countries of Europe inspired by the idea of nationalism rose against him.

Detailed explanation-5: -Several factors that led to nationalism in Europe included the rise of the middle class, the Industrial Revolution, and the spread of the ideas of the Enlightenment.