WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The first clear expression of nationalism came with the French Revolution in 1789.

Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power further established nationalism when he invaded much of Europe. Napoleon used this opportunity to spread revolutionary ideas, resulting in much of the 19th-century European Nationalism.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first country to initiate nationalism was France. Following the Enlightenment, republican ideas of liberalism challenged the monarchy through the French Revolution. Napoleon then led the way for other regions of Europe to create their own nation-states.

Detailed explanation-4: -The rise of nationalism in Europe resulted from cultural, ethnic, as well as political policies that led to the formation of nation-states and new national identities in place of the former multiethnic empires. It began in the mid-18th century with the age of the Enlightenment.