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Nationalism is basiclly a love for your nation. Nationalism is basiclly being loyal to a country and being united because of that. I am nationalistic by speaking the language of America, English, and by usin the American currency, "dollars. Before the idea of Nationalism, most countries, such as Italy were ruled by whatever kingdom took over, so there was no real sense of unity between the people or countries. Even if they spoke a different language or had different customs, the territories were bound together under one king or ruler. After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Austria ruled the Italian provinces of Venetia and Lombardy in the north. In the south, the Spanish Bourbon family ruled the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and because of nationalism, Italy became Italy! It's own country!
Simon Bolivar was called "The Great Liberator" in South American countries. He was called that because he was the man who led most South American countries to freedom from Spain. He was a man who believed that it was time for independence from the Spanish. Simon Bolivar had an army of less than ten thousand, and with his military army,he freed many South American counties and united them under his rule. Although he wasn't the greatest political leader, because he established a short-term government, his military actions led the greatest revolution in South American history. As a result, a country was named after him because of his great actions as a liberator.
The U.S. Constitution states that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government."
This means that people shouold be treated as if they are created equal, and should have their rights. According to the U.S. Constitution, the government gets it's power from the people. With no people to support it, there would not be a strong and civilized government.
