Friday, October 19, 2007

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy


Nationalism is when people show repect for a place or thing or feel good about their home town or their country. For an explain, the United States say the pledge of alliegence and stand for the troops thats at war for their country.
One of the countries to rise from the falling empires was Italy. Before the nationalism the Italians just saw Italy as a place to live and follow the rules of the foreigners. Then after the nationalism they dont want to follow the foreigners.Mazzini a man who created a nationalist group called young Italy and rebelled against these foreignersers. They didnt want to follow a man who wasnt from italy. They failed but it gave a lot of people the idea to want nationalism.

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions


Simon Bolivar was born July 24, 1783, his parents died when he was a child. Bolivar was rised by tutors and as a young man he traveled to Europe. He witnessed the idea of Napoleon revolution. Then he joined the Venezuelan revolution in 1810. He gained a military of victories and independence.Bolivar crushed the Spanish army at Carabobo in Venezuela June 24, 1821. His army won a victory over the Spaniards at Auacucho in 1824, He became the greatest genral and his name Bolivia was honor in 1825 and people repected him more.