Nationalism is when people feel pride in their country and the way they live their lives for their country. When you see people cheering their country's team at the Olympics, its competition between their country and the other team because they are loyal to their country. Nationalism creates a bond between all the people in that country. We all have a history of gaining our independence on the 4th of July and we all celebrate that day by seeing the fire works because that was the day our country gained freedom. We have the same culture, money, government, language, and much more that shapes our country and connects us all in a way that can only be called nationalism. My family celebrates the 4th of July every year, pay taxes to our government, and live by and support our American way of life.
In the 1800's, nationalism was starting to take a large roll. Empires were falling and nations were rising. One of the countries to rise from the fall of the empires was Italy. Before nationalism, Italy was very different from today, many people did not realize they belonged to a country and not just the town they lived in. Italy was also being ruled by foreigners. The people of Italy no longer wanted to be ruled under a foreigner who was not even from their own country, this was because many people were undertaking the idea of nationalism. A man named Giuseppe Mazzini created a nationalist group called young Italy and rebelled against these foreigners. He failed but with many more people also demanding nationalism, the people of Italy soon took their country for their own and ruled it in a nationalism society.
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