Thursday, October 16, 2008

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

Nationalism is one persons pride or loyalty to there culture.To be a Nationalistic, you must support a nation of people and be faithful to that nation and patriotic.If you are a nationalist then do what you need to help your country. When people show there pride they do it in many ways. People that are Nationalistic have no shame on showing there pride .They do many things such as hanging up there flags , saluting to there nation.Italy was formed from the territory of the destroyed empires. Italy was ruled by foreigners. A man formed a group a group known as Young Italy. Young Italy's purpose was to unite Italy and free it from Kings and Nobles. The group was sent to exile during its faliure.But because of nationalist Italy was able to come together because of its pride and they were united.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Simon Bolivar and the Latin American Revolution

Simon bolivar led the Spanish to to the Latin American revolution. Also Known as the liberator of south America. He was one of the great leaders. He had believed that people should have the power. Simon Bolivar was a well known revolutionist. He was a very intelligent guy who had a great education. He had one the independence of Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela. Simon had went to London. He had went to gain as much support as he could get so he was able to fight for the freedom of the southern countries. On the trip back he had learned all the types of American laws from the government. By learning all the information he was able to make a army which had won the freedom of Venezuela which made him want to help the other countries. He had accomplished his goal of getting the freedom for all his countries. The country Bolivia was named after him to show there gratitude for him.