“Nationalism was a promise to unify nations, liberate subject from foreign rule, create a sense of fraternity among members of a national community, and lead that community to a common destiny” (Sherman-Salisbury; Pg. 553). In other words, nationalism was about the devotion and love that people had for their nation-state. Nationalism was very big in Europe, for the fact that several countries loved and fought hard for their own countries’ independence. “In the two decades after 1850, no political force was stronger than nationalism” (Sherman-Salisbury; Pg. 578). Nationalism solidified the boundaries of the early-nineteenth-century Europe by allowing the people to show just how much love and support they had for their nation. “It promoted
