What Role Did Imperialism Play In The Unification Of Italy

Nationalism played a big, underlying, role in the unification of Italy because the love of one's country drove the people to work together to achieve a common goal. Before the 1840’s people in Italy were pushed around by Napoleon and now that his reign ended, the people want to control their own country again. Nationalism roles such as people coming together, making people feel obligated to fight, and achieving common goals, played parts in the Unification of Italy. People coming together is a powerful situation that even kings cannot control because if enough people believe in one common goal they can achieve it unless stopped by another larger group of people. This is shown in the Italian Unification because writers like Mazzini would persuade people into banning together to help fight. He said that if people ban together that the group will be more powerful than any weapon or invention the opposer might have, this is shown in the line, “all of you should unite to raise would be superior to the humble hut each one of you might build alone, or with a mere assistance of lending, and borrowing stone, mortar, and tools. Other writers took a different approach to this because Garibaldi says, “It

Garibaldi was the best at this because throughout his writings and because of this he provoked people to join the war, this is shown in the line, “The redemption of Italy began from the moment that man of the same land ran to help their distressed brothers.” This line makes the reader get up from their seat and go help the cause, and that is why Garibaldi is so famous for he pieces. Not many writers write like this therefore even Garibaldi himself might be a cause of the Italian Unification because without him people may not have joined the