Thursday, October 16, 2008

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy



Nationalism is the belief that one's greatest loyalty should not be to a kind or an empire but to a nation of people who share a common culture and history. An example of how you are Nationalism, is the like since i am from Nepal, and i live in USA. I still go to nepali party, charity show, games and other activities. Even though i am an American citizens, i still follow my cultures and belief. I go worship my gods and visit the monastries.

You show that you are a Nationlastic by following the steps of the leader who sacrificed their life for the country. We should pay tax and help the government build a strong country. We should follow the law and the rule that the government have created. If possible we should join the army,navy and marines to protect the country and the people in it.

Nationalism helped build the Italy. Italy was distributed into small pieces. Cavour wanted to grow more Sardinia's power, he did not wanted to unit the Italy. Red shirts was one of the famous army tribes. The city of Rome was under control of Italy, after the victory. It took a long time for the Italy to unit. Bismarck was one of the most ambitious king. This people went all the way to death to unit the country.

Italy was like a broken beads of a necklace. After it was united together and formed a huge country. It was a city-states. Giuseppe Mazzini was a ruler who supported nation-states. They won by working together.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Simon Bolivar

Bolivar captured Carcas on august 6 and two days later proclaimed the second Venezuelan republic. The Battle of Boyaca was one of his great victory. He was elected as the president of Gran Colombia. Antonio José de Sucre victory made him very proud and inspired. His armies, started conquering the other country. Bolivar and Sucre, they had a great fight against the Spanish Army.
Simon Bolivar is famous because he was a great leader. They wrote many great books. He also conquered many countries. He tried his best to combine all the country together and make it into one huge country (Gran Colombia).
There is a country named after him in South America in behalf on his honor. He helped Sucre defeat the Spanish army, and he was fighting for the South America unity.
He hated Napoleon since he betrayed the country. This inspired him to fight for the unity and his quest for revolution.