1. INDEPENDENCE AND NATIONALISTIC
October 4, 2016
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NOTES #9: How did nationalistic movements affect Europe?
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2. How did nationalistic movements affect Europe? Notes #9

3. Following the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, several European nations met at the Congress of Vienna to create a peace settlement for Europe.

4. Prince Klemens von Metternich
The main purpose of the Congress was to establish a balance of power in Europe.
Prince Klemens von Metternich
of the Austrian Empire
Congress of Vienna
(September 1814 – June 1815)

5. However, the French Revolution had inspired the rise of nationalistic movements in many European nations.

6. Nationalism involves people having loyalty to their values, traditions, and geographic region . . .

7. . . . and it develops in an area that has common customs, language, and history.

8. Nationalism led to: the unification of Italy in 1861 (under Count Camillo di Cavour and Giuseppe Garibaldi) . . .
Count Camillo di
Cavour
Giuseppe Garibaldi

9. . . . and the unification of Germany in 1871 (under Otto von Bismarck).

10. The unifications of Italy and Germany resulted in upsetting the balance of power in Europe during the 1800s.