• Nation
    A group of people shares the same ethnic
  • State
    Political Legal Boundary

Nationalism

  • Constructive
    Create larger nations
    Build a brand-new state from feudalism
    Unify a nation
  • Destructive
    Too many ethnic groups break apart (Balkanization)
    Regionalism
    Centrical / Centrifugal

Germany

Broke Holy Roman Empire
Prussia created Germany
Fight with Denmark, Austria, and France
Use nationalism to fight against those enemies

Italy

Broken since Roman Fell
Use Diplomacy and Nationalism

Balkan Nationalism

The Ottoman Empire broke
Balkan Wars

Common: They are European

Maori Wars (New Zealand)

The British discovered New Zealand and colonized it.
Non-European Example