Nationalism is a huge part of our lives. In modern times, everyone is so familiar with nationalism, that they take it for granted. If an American gets lost in a completely different place like China, then that person would be clueless. If that person was me, i would be desperate to come into contact with another American. In America, we share a common language, currency, history, religion, and culture. Nationalism is everywhere around us, but once we surpass a certain border-line, everything changes! However, that not how things were about a century ago...
Even though nationalism destroyed nations, it also built new ones. Italy was one of the first nations formed this way. Italians were tired of having foreign rulers, and they wanted a change in their nation. In 1832, Giuseppe Mazzini organized a nationalist group called 'Young Italy'. By 1848, he was droven to exile. Italy used to be made up of city states that were ruled by Austria. Eventually, Italians no longer wanted to live under foreign rulers. They came together and fought for what they wanted and won. This is early evidence of nationalism.
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