- 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