Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

Nationalism is when people fight for, root for, or basically love their country. Also to show support to people who share the same culture and history. I show that I am nationalistic by having the American flag at home. I also root for America in the Olympics and some other teams that belong to America. I enjoy past times that most Americans enjoy. I use the money that comes from and can only be used in America.

Italy was created by many people hearing about the idea of Nationalism. Nationalists wanted a united country to be independent and be free from foreigners' control. Italy was controlled by different kingdoms. Giuseppe Mazzini and Camillo di Cavor were the people who had helped Italy unite and become one nation. It became Italy by many people who had the same opinion and who had allies fought in battles until they conquered the country.

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

Simon Bolivar was a Venezuelan man, who had led a revolutionary army against Spain and had won Venezuela its independence in 1821. Simon is also known as the liberator of Latin America

He also had won the independence for Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia against Spain. He wanted all the ties between Latin America and Spain to be cut. He thought that it was dumb for them to be controlled by Spain, who was at the time, ruled by a French man (Napoleon's brother). When he had went to Europe, for a time to further his studies, he had learned about people who had new ideas that thought that everyone deserves to be free. It was the Enlightenment. Simon joined the forces of Francisco de Miranda. Even though later on, Miranda had surrendered to Spain, Simon kept going with trying to win Latin America's independence. He had let the countries be free from Spain, which was what he wanted to do all along.

John Locke and "The Enlightenment"

On the U.S. Constitution, John Locke was a person who had influenced major ideas behind it and modern democracy. In the second paragraph of the Constitution there was a lot of ideas that originally came from John Locke. The"rights" that Thomas Jefferson is talking about in the U.S. Constitution are that everyone is created equal. Everyone has the right to have life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Everyone has power and there voice will be heard among the government, no matter who they are and where they come from. The government gets its power from the people. The people get to decide who runs the country. We elect the politicians and vote for who we want in our government.