USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The rise of nationalism in Europe was stimulated by the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.

Detailed explanation-2: -As a direct result of the war, the Kingdom of Prussia rose to become a great power on the continent, while Great Britain, with its unequalled Royal Navy and growing Empire, became the world’s dominant superpower, beginning the Pax Britannica.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wanting to eliminate the French presence in order to gain self-rule, and the idea of nationalism developed and began to spread. Nationalism is the belief that one’s greatest loyalty is to a shared culture, including aspects of common history, language, religion, and nationality, rather than to a leader or border.

Detailed explanation-4: -Napoleon’s conquests cemented the spread of French revolutionary legislation to much of western Europe. The powers of the Roman Catholic church, guilds, and manorial aristocracy came under the gun. The old regime was dead in Belgium, western Germany, and northern Italy.

Detailed explanation-5: -The wars started as a preemptive war by Revolutionary France to forestall the attempt of the ancien régimes of Europe to suppress the French revolution, but soon became a war of conquest with the intention of “revolution export” by France.