WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The French Revolutionary era had great importance in the development and spread of nationalism as an ideology. After French ruler Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power in 1799, he extended the central government of France into all the countries he conquered across Europe.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nationalism as an idea rose during the Napoleonic Wars because the places he invaded rallied around their central beliefs, languages and national symbols. The theme of hating the invaders was common everywhere in Europe, and it helped nationalism rise.

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: -Nationalism developed at the end of the 18th century, particularly with the French Revolution and the spread of the principle of popular sovereignty (the idea that “the people” should rule).

Detailed explanation-5: -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.