Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

Nationalism is belonging to a certain country. You would be willling to fight for and die for your country. This is the basics of Nationalism. Nationalism exists everywhere and is a new concept. You know what nation you belong to by the borders that surrond that country. I am nationalistic because i live in the United States and i use the same money that everyone else uses in this country. Even though i didnt live through the history that the country lived through, i know what happened like when the American Revolution happened. America was trying to break free and gain its independence from Great Britain.
Nationalism is known to break an important empire. For example it broke up the Austrain-Hungratian but it made Italy become one. Even though Italy was being under Austria's rule, they wanted to be free from them. They wanted to be free from them because they had different ideas then Austria. They organized a group that italians made up called the Young Italy and no one over the age of 40 could join. Italy was different before it was Italy. Italy was just some part of a empire and afterwards, they were an independent country.

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

Simon Bolivar led many of the south American countries to their revolutions and led them to their victory. He is known as the South American liberator.Simon Bolivar would travel from Venezula to the United States to see the government since America was no longer in control by Great Britian. He saw that the government was great and they were doing fine. Then Caracas started a revolution with Spain and he had to go over to help. When he came back he was in favor of started a revolution.

He helped Venezula start a revolution and helped them win their independence in 1821. He also helped Ecuador, Columbia , Panama, and Peru win their independence. This is why he is so famous, what he is mostly known for. He helped most South American counrties fight for their independence. His influence to start the revolutions was the fact that he believed that Latin American countries shouldnt be ruled with another counrty half way around the world. He has a country named after him because of all the hard work he has done and with Peru. They decided to make part of Peru named Bolivia.

John Locke and "The Enlightment"

The rights that Thomas Jeffereson was talking about is that all men (people) are created equal. No one person is greater than the other person. People are equal in power as well as politically because anyone and everyone could vote and run for the government. According to the Declaration of Independence, the government comes from the people. The people have the power to overthrow the government if they dont agree with it. The government is used to protect the peoples rights.
People must have a valid reason in order to overthrow the government. They cant just go against the government for no reason. The government must be unfair and abusive to its people in order to rebel against their government.