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Nationalism is loyalty and devotion to a nation. ... Nationalism is mainly defined by a common culture and history, and very importantly; by territory. Many may argue, that nationalism is a chauvinistic and aggressive practice, but the fact remains that this political force, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, unified many countries in Western Europe by influencing the actions of people and nations.
One of these people was Napoleon Bonaparte, who, unintentionally, gave rise to a strong belief of nationalism in many European nations. ... All this caused a great desire for national unity, nationalism. ... Some time later, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, formed the Holy Alliance, who diligently wanted to suppress the ideas of the French Revolution, mainly being nationalism. Metternich was convinced that liberalism and nationalism had to be repressed, otherwise Europe would break up into separate nationalistic states. ... He had succeeded, but the strength of the people and their ideas remained, and nationalism lingered around Europe for a long time to come.
Nationalism also payed a large role in the unification of Germany. ... Because such a large number of Europeans spoke German, a sense of nationalism was fairly easy to assemble, as nationalism largely depended on a common language.
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