Nationalist Revolutions Latin America Italy Germany Nationalism Creoles

Nationalist Revolutions: Latin America, Italy, Germany Nationalism Creoles Realpolitik

Nationalism �Definition: The belief that people’s greatest loyalty should not be to a king or empire but to a nation of people who share a common culture and history �Unification �Separation

Pros and Cons �PROS �CONS �Overcome differences �Forced assimilation �Overthrow colonial into a majority �Ethnic Cleansing �Competition leads to warfare rule �Democratic nations �Competition spurs advancement

Revolutions in Latin America �Creoles: Spanish born in Latin America �Least persecuted and most educated! �Inspire by Enlightenment and Revolutions �No loyalty to the new king of Spain (placed there by Napoleon) so they rebelled.

Simon Bolivar �Led by Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin, two Creole generals �United Venezuela, Columbia, Panama, and Ecuador into a country called Gran Columbia

Simon Bolivar �Take a moment to read the Letter written by Simon Bolivar �Highlight any words you do not know �Put a star next to important points or concepts �Put a question mark next to confusing parts �Look at each of the Statements made about the Letter and follow the directions at the top of the page

Mexican Independence �Led mostly by Mestizos and Indians �Inspired by Enlightenemnt �Miguel Hidalgo: “Grito de Dolores” �Defeated until Creoles joined the cause

Nationalism: Italy �Unification: �As old empires crumbled Italy was not content to live under foreign rulers �BRAINS: Cavour-skillful diplomat made alliances to unite the North of Italy �SWORD: Garibaldi- fought to unite the South

Nationalism: Germany � Unification led by Otto Von Bismarck �Realpolitik= politics of reality “issues of the day will be decided by blood and iron” � 1 st step= United with Austria to win territory from Denmark � 2 nd step=Start conflict with Austria to win more territory � 3 rd step=convince Southern territories to join Germany by provoking war with