Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

Nationalism is having pride for your country it was also the start of world war one. During the 1800s many people decided to make nation-states. Nationalist weren't loyal to kings or the government they were loyal to the people and fought for their rights as citizens. Nationalist spoke about unity, freedom and gaining right of independence.
Nationalism was how Italy got to become a country. Nationalism was the how many countries became countries, most countries were all formed together with an empire and as nationalism started to grow empires were getting destroyed n countries started to rise up. Italy was unified from 1858-1870. Italy was unified by Cavour after he defeated the Austrians with the help of the French army.

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

Simon Bolivar was a famous person because he led the people of South America to freedom and revolution. The counrty Bolivia is named after Simon Bolivar because he had wiped out the Spanish army and freed the Bolivian people from the Spanish that's why they named the country Bolivia in his honor. He helped fight the Spanish army who had control over south America for more than 500 years all of South America and Central America gained their freedom by the 1900s. Bolivar was fighting for the independence of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia. Simon Bolivar was influenced by the Enlightenment, the French and the Americans gaining freedom and he wanted to reform his own country of Venezuela.