Friday, October 19, 2007

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

Nationalism is when a group of people that have the same culture, history and belief. Like a nation-sate is the nation that have their own independent government. "...nationalism and nation-state grow out of the French Revolution. Revolutionary leaders stressed the equality of all French people. The idea of equality fostered a sense of national pride in the French."

Monday, October 15, 2007

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

Simon Bolivar was born on July 24, 1783. He was born into a wealthy family, his parents died befor he was reached is teens. He married a spanish woman at the age of nineteen. But soon after his wife had died of yellow fever. He soon went back to Europe and