NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY
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Bismarck
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Napoleon
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Cavour
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Robespierre
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nationalism in Italy and Germany.-Nationalism became the most significant force for self-determination and unification in Europe of the 1800’s.-During the reign of Napoleon, Italy was unified for a brief time. Nationalist began to form secret societies throughout Italy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The earliest origins of German nationalism began with the birth of romantic nationalism during the Napoleonic Wars when Pan-Germanism started to rise. Advocacy of a German nation-state began to become an important political force in response to the invasion of German territories by France under Napoleon.
Detailed explanation-3: -The key exponent of the modern idea of the nation-state was the German G. W. Friedrich Hegel.