Impact Of Nationalism And Imperialism In The Nineteenth Century

Nationalism and Imperialism became very important and impacting concepts in the nineteenth century. Not only was Nationalism and Imperialism existent in the nineteenth century, but these two concepts and ideas existed before the nineteenth century and started to rise and increase in impact in the late nineteenth, early twentieth centuries. By definition, Nationalism was the concept or idea that a country was better than all the others, which contributed to governments distinguishing themselves from one another, also creating competition. Not to different from the ideas of Nationalism, was the Idea and concept, as well as actions of Imperialism. Imperialism was more about gaining power and territories. Nationalism was overall an idea for countries to be above all the others. The concept was of Nationalism was overall a European ideology (D2L). Imperialism was more about the actions taken to increase power and increase territory. Therefore, Imperialism had a greater impact on the world. The main reason that Imperialism was a greater impact …show more content…
The French had a different experience because of the Napoleonic Wars. Nationality wise they returned back to a monarchy from being republic after the Napoleonic Wars and retrieved their identity by limiting rights, curtailing freedoms and bringing back their structured class system (D2L). Which didn’t last considering in eighteen forty-eight, uprisings in France overthrew the monarchy and transformed the government back to a republic. Becoming a republic, the French wanted to gain control throughout the world. They attempted to gain control of southeast Asia, and through many wars fought between the years eighteen eighty-seven and nineteen hundred, the French successfully created a colony called Indochina which was created out of the five kingdoms; Annam, Tonkin, Cochinchina, Cambodia, and Laos. This French Colony only lasted a good fifty