Dbq Nationalism

After the reign of Napoleon, Europe was in catastrophe. However, through the hard work of the Congress of Vienna the issue was resolved. The Congress ushered a period of peace, and by doing this they had to restore the Old Order. This act restablished all the monarchs that Napoleon had suspended from power. By doing so political conflicts in Europe would come to an end. Though a belief called “nationalism” grew slowly and led to the Old Order's demise. Nationalism upholds the belief to have self pride and confidence in one's nation, and to work for their nation rather than a king. This belief is what challenged the Old Order of Europe and gave birth to new nations.

Firstly, nationalism lead to the birth of new nations. It challenged the old

However, when they triumphed new nations were born. For example, the nationalistic revolution in Greece led to the country's independence. In the 1800’s, in the Ottoman empire, the Greeks didn’t consider themselves as Ottomans as they were Christians and the Ottomans, on the contrary, were Muslims. They soon declared their independence by revolution against the Ottomans and declared themselves as a new nation. This shows that the Greeks revolted and declared themselves independent as a new country because of their nationalistic feelings toward their own heritage. However, the formations of new nations through nationalism wasn’t just by revolutions. In 1848 the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia's, part of the Italian states, appointed Count Cavour as the minister; and doing his job he united the whole of Italy. He helped nationalist rebels in southern Italy revolt against Austria and thereby unified northern and southern Italy into a new nation. This shows that a new nation was created through nationalism even though the regions were politically divided however, they were culturally connected together. Lastly, another example is the unification of Germany. In Prussia, Bismarck was appointed Prime minister and saw the rest of Germany more culturally connected to Prussia than it was to Austria. As a result, acting on his plan, he unified the whole of Germany under Prussia. This shows that a new nation was created through nationalism because they were culturally connected together even though, the regions were politically divided. Consequently, the Old Order was challenged and new nations were born, through a domino effect from nationalism, to revolutions, to new