To many people, nationalism has a negative impact on the world. There is a lot of evidence to prove that nationalism has taken a toll on many people. During the era of the French Revolution in 1789, Europe did not favour their citizens, people were treated like slaves and there was no citizenship in the Government. Many innocent people died for no reason in that time period. During World War 1 there were over 37 million military and civilian casualties. It was war derived and fought from the roots of nationalism. Every country has it 's own national interests, because of this militarism arises and soldiers and countries get ready for upcoming wars. One of the most influential and important examples of nationalism is World War 2 and the Holocaust.
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In the start, everything was going great. People were happy but then it started to go downhill, It just ended off in chaos. Great things were happening in the minds of the French, The country was finally becoming nationalistic. The country finally was starting to take control of their own lives and things were starting to change. They wanted to become a democratic state. With that things started to get bad. The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 immediately became a symbol of French nationalism. It showed that people were really starting to take citizenship of them selfs and not relying on the King. The French Revolution took 25 years of blood and hurt that is almost always forgotten about. The people realized that they could become a united front. Another huge event that happened was the Reign of Terror, this only lasted for a short period of time. But was estimated that there were over 200,000 arrests of the people and 17 000 executions via guillotine. Louis XVI was accused for treason. He was then later executed. All of these events made France very unstable. Some people would argue and say - The French Revolution was positive because Napoleon made France come together, this brought the nation unity and a lot of pride. But there is a more outweighing factor; he was a dictator that killed 1-million French and 3-million war deaths. The French Revolution was not
In the start, everything was going great. People were happy but then it started to go downhill, It just ended off in chaos. Great things were happening in the minds of the French, The country was finally becoming nationalistic. The country finally was starting to take control of their own lives and things were starting to change. They wanted to become a democratic state. With that things started to get bad. The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 immediately became a symbol of French nationalism. It showed that people were really starting to take citizenship of them selfs and not relying on the King. The French Revolution took 25 years of blood and hurt that is almost always forgotten about. The people realized that they could become a united front. Another huge event that happened was the Reign of Terror, this only lasted for a short period of time. But was estimated that there were over 200,000 arrests of the people and 17 000 executions via guillotine. Louis XVI was accused for treason. He was then later executed. All of these events made France very unstable. Some people would argue and say - The French Revolution was positive because Napoleon made France come together, this brought the nation unity and a lot of pride. But there is a more outweighing factor; he was a dictator that killed 1-million French and 3-million war deaths. The French Revolution was not