1. Bonds that Create a Nation-State

2. Nationalism and Nation-State
Nationalism: The belief that one’s greatest loyalty should NOT be to a king or an empire but to a NATION of people who share a common culture and history.
Nation-state: When a nation has it’s own independent government.
Nationalism and Nation-State

3. Nationality Belief in a common ethnic background (real or myth)
Example: Italians draw upon the HISTORY of the Romans to unite their people.
Nationality

4. A certain territory that belongs to the ethnic group: motherland, fatherland, and homeland.
Example: Germany, Italy, Russia
Territory

5. Not united by a ruler; rather a government ruled by the people
Not united by a ruler; rather a government ruled by the people. The ruler must reflect the HERITAGE of the people.
Example: Greeks ruled by Greeks rather than the Ottoman Empire
Government

6. Language Common language; official language
Example: Those who speak German should unite together to form a nation.
Language

7. Common stories (folktales), songs, national costumes, heroes, religion (shared by all or most of the people)
Example: Grimm's Fairy Tales (Germany), national anthems, folk music
Cultural

8. Revolution of 1848 Nationalism Force for Unity Force for Disunity
Italy
Russia
Prussia/Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Revolution of 1848