Nationalism is a form of the way you represent your country and how your proud of it. It stands for loyalty and respect for its nation. It is the same culture and history a nation of people share the same belief of. The first nation to win independently was Greece. Greece wanted to take its place as an independent state of Europe. The Greeks broke out on 1821 of Ottoman Turks.
In western Europe the congress of Vienna was breaking apart. Many were ruled by Austria others by the pope. The prime minister sent to troops to restore peace and order in Italy. Italy was one of the countries that reformed while the other empires were destroyed. Between 1815 and 1848, numbers grew for italians to no longer be ruled by foreigners.
Italy wasn't always an independent country, it was controlled by Austria and ruled their Italian provinces.In 1832, a young man by the age of 26 Giuseppe Mazzini had arranged a national group called young Italy and the requirements were you had to be younger than 40 years of age. His rebellion failed in 1848 as it did for many other empires. In 1870, Italian forces took over the very last part of the territory known as the papal states, Venice became part of Italy.
Italy also faced many economic problems. The Italian government couldnt handle the economic problems they had been facing with Italy. Italy had entered the 20th century an unwealthy country.
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