Nationalism is when someone belief of their greatest loyalty shouldn't be to a king or empire, they should all share the same culture and history. Some examples to show that people are nationalistic are that we all have the celebrate same holidays. Like the 4th of July is only in the United States no other country has that independence day we also celebrate more like president day when we vote for a president also Memorial and Labor Day. Another example would be the type of money we use, the untied states bills and the language we have our language is English but we all speak it with an accent. To show I am nationalistic I speak English, use the u.s.a money everyday and celebrate the holidays we have.
The nationalism of Italy was created because of the French Revolution this helped them get more influenced about independence and rights. Before Italy became Italy was part of Austria-Hungary Empire. Austria-Hungary Empire lost its name to become Italy was because when Italy declared their independence a war has started over their Independence and had won the war and got their own flag of Italy. They had named their nation and Austria-Hungary Empire broke down. Nationalism had helped Italy get their independence.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions
Simon Bolivar was the liberator of South America and got their independence. Simon Bolivar was the one who had free Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador,Peru and Bolivia from having an unfair government. Simon wasn't the type to take advantage of his power he helped the Latin Americans get their freedom from Spain. He had learned about these independence from the countries he had visited. While learning about these governments and equal rights from the Enlightenment Thinkers, he and united also motivated groups of people to get these rights. He had given these countries their Independence by noticing how the American and French had a Revolution and got the Independence they wanted. To get their Independence they had to defeat the Spanish which was lead by a French king, King Joesph.
Simon Bolivar had won and gotten the freedom for these countries, he had ideas of what he was doing and didn't just go ahead and fought without idea of what he was fighting for. There is this one country names Bolivia which is named after Simon Bolivar. They had named Bolivia after him in honor of his success for defeating the Spanish army in Peru. After defeating the Spanish the upper congress of Peru decided to name that territory Bolivia in honor of Simon Bolivar. No one has forgotten about Simon Bolivar and how he fought for the Latin Americans to get their Independence. He has made history and is still being taught to others for his history not to be forgotten. Simon Bolivar was a great man, and died strong. He never gave up, was a strong leader.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
John Locke and "The Enlightenment"
There were many people from the enlightenment thinkers. There was this man names John Locke who was very helpful in the enlightenment. Thomas Jefferson was inspired by John Locke and made rights. Jefferson's rights were life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Those rights weren't bad because they are still working till this very day. The rights are making everything better for everyone. The Democracy is working good and nobody is going against the rights that Jefferson has made. In the democracy there are the president, vice president, governments, and senators.
The government would get its power by the people. The people were the ones who mostly picked the decisions. The government aren't the only ones who makes the decisions they have people who also make the decisions. Its not like how it was when Kings were the only ones in charge. Now its more then no one would have too much power and over rule the land or country. There are people behind and in front, they have decisions now to make a new law or choices to be made. No one have too much power. The Enlightenment Thinkers gave people like Thomas Jefferson the idea to make these changes and make a democracy.
The government would get its power by the people. The people were the ones who mostly picked the decisions. The government aren't the only ones who makes the decisions they have people who also make the decisions. Its not like how it was when Kings were the only ones in charge. Now its more then no one would have too much power and over rule the land or country. There are people behind and in front, they have decisions now to make a new law or choices to be made. No one have too much power. The Enlightenment Thinkers gave people like Thomas Jefferson the idea to make these changes and make a democracy.
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