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The Rise of
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THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
→
During the Mth century nationalism emerged as a
force which

changed the political and mental world of Europe and the end
result was nation state .

4 Nation -
State . . . . . . . . .

→
One in which rulers along with citizens develop a sense of
common identity .

→
This identity was forget through struggle .

The French Revolution and the idea of the Nation :

•
Started in 9789 .

•
It was first expression of nationalism in Europe .

It abolished monarchy
•
.

•
Powers were transferred from monarch to a body of French
citizens .

Major changes during French Revolution :

The
'
idea Patrie
' '
La
'

of and La citoyen emphasized united

•

upon
community and equal nights .

•
Power transferred from monarch to common people .

•
A new French flag ,
the tricolor , was chosen to replace the former
royal standard .

•
New national anthem composed and oath was taken .

A centralised administrative it
system put in
place and
•
was

formulated uniform laws for all citizens

within its territory .

•
Internal customs duties and dues were abolished .
 Spread of Nationalism :

•
When the news of the events in France reached the
different cities of Europe ,
students and other members of
educated middle classes
began setting up Jacobin clubs .

•
Their activities and
campaigns prepared the
way for the French
armies which moved into Holland , Belgium ,
Switzerland and much
of Italy in the 9790 .

•
With the outbreak of the revolutionary wars ,
the French armies
began to carry the idea of nationalism abroad .

→ In 9799 , Napoleon took over political power .

Civil code of 9804 :

→
Equality before law .

→
Right to property .

→
Feudal system was abolished .

→
Freed peasants from serfdom .

→
Transport and communication systems were improved .

→
However ,
in the areas conquered ,
the reactions of the local
populations to French rule were mixed .

→
Initially ,
in
many places such as Holland and Switzerland , as

well as in certain cities like Brussels , Mainz Milan ,

and Warsaw ,
the French armies were welcomed as harbingers of liberty .

→
But the initial enthusiasm soon turned to hostility ,
as it became
clear that the new administrative arrangements did not
go hand
in hand with political freedom .

→
Increased taxation , censorship , forced conscription into the French armies

required to conquer the rest of Europe ,

all seemed to outweigh
the
advantage of administrative
changes .

The Making of Nationalism in Europe :

•
What we know today as Germany Italy ,
and Switzerland were

and
divided into
kingdoms ,
duchies cantons whose rulers had their
autonomous territories .
 Structure of European Society

The New Aristocracy Peasantry

Middle class ( High Class) ( poor)
(Low class)

The New Middle Class :

HIT consist of industrialists ,

doctors ,
teachers .

4 For the new middle class liberalism stood for freedom for
the individual and equality of all before the law .

4 Later they became the force of Unity and Nationalism .

Features of Liberalism :

* For Middle class it means -

→
Freedom for individual
→
Equality before law

* Politically it means -

→
Government by consent

→
End of Autocracy and clerical privileges
* Economically it means -

→
Freedom of Market

→ Abolition of Taxes

wave of Economic Nationalism :

D
Napoleon Administrative system had created confederation of 39
States .

4 Each of which had its and

own
currency weighing system .

Custom barrier in each city hindered economic growth and

exchange .
 Zollverein # Custom Union)
'

→
Initiated
by Prussia in 9834 .

→
Reduction of number of currencies from 30 to 2 .

→ Abolished tariff barriers .

→
Facilitated railway mobility for economic interests and unification .

* Napoleon was
defeated in battle of WATERLOO ( 9895) by
the conservative forces .

Treaty of Vienna was signed .

Believe in traditional institutions and family values .

For instances -
Church ,
Monarch ,
etc .

Revolutionaries :

4
During the years following 9895 ,
the fear of repression drove
liberal nationalists
many underground
-

↳ Secret societies
sprang up in
many European stakes to train
revolutionaries and spread their ideas .

D Revolutionaries also saw the creation of nation -

stakes as a

necessary part of this

struggle for freedom .

Giuseppe Mazzini
→ As a
young man of 24 ,
he was sent
into exile for attempting a revolution .

→ Mazzini believed that god had intended nations

to be natural units of mankind .

→ Found Italy in Marseille and

young young
Europe in Berne .
8
Following
Switzerland
his
and
model ,
secret societies were set up in
Germany ,
France ,
Poland .

t Mazzini 's relentless opposition to monarchy and his vision of democratic

republics frightened the conservatives .

The Age of Revolutions 9830 -

9848 :

t As conservative regimes tried to consolidate their power ,

liberalism
and nationalism came to be
increasingly associated with revolution in

many regions of Europe .

July Revolution (France) :

* The France July

first upheaval took
place in in 9830 .

t The Bourbon king was overthrown .

I Installed a constitutional
monarchy with Louis Philippe as its head .

→ The
to
July Revolution sparked an
uprising in Brussels which
bed Belgium breaking away from the United Kingdom of
the Netherlands .

Greek war of independence :

•
Greece had been part of the Ottoman Empire since the 95M

century .

Struggle started in 9829 .

•
Nationalists in Greece got support from other Greeks living in
exile and also
from many West Europeans .

•
The Treaty of Constantinople was
signed in 9832 .

•
Greece was
recognised as
independent nation .

Romanticism :

•
A cultural movement that rejected Nationalism by science and reasons .

•
It introduced nationalism through art and love .
 Case of Poland :

→
Poland had been participated at the end of the 98in century by
the Great Powers between -

Russia ,
Prussia and Austria .

→
Emphasized on vernacular
language foe carrying the modern nationalist
message to large audience who were mostly illiterate .

→ The use of Polish came to be seen as a symbol of the

struggle
against Russian dominance .

Hunger Hardship .
and Popular Revolt :

→
The 9830, were
years of great economic hardship in Europe
→
Population increased

→
Unemployment increased

→
Peasants struggled against Aristocracy .

→
Rise in food prices

The Making Germany

of and
Italy :

Unification of Germany :

B.
Nationalist
feelings were widespread among middle -
class Germans .

• Tried to unite the different regions of the German confederation

into a nation -
state governed by an elected parliament .

•
Otto von Bismarck ,
was the architect of this
process carried out
with the help of the Prussian army .

• 7 years of war with Austria ,

Denmark ,
France .

• In 9879 ,
William I was proclaimed as German Emperor .

• Process of nation
building had demonstrated the dominance of Prussian
state
power .

•
The new state placed a
strong emphasis on
modernising the currency,
banking , legal and judicial systems in
Germany .
 Unification of Italy :

1
During the middle of the Mth century ,
Italy was divided into
seven States .

t Out of seven
only Sardinia -
Piedmont was ruled by an Italian Princely
States .

Giuseppe Mazzini
4 He had also formed a secret society called
Young
Italy .

T Mazzini
During the 9830 , Giuseppe had sought to
put
together a coherent
programme for a
unitary Italian Republic
4 After his failures in 9839 and 9848 the responsibilities fell on Victor
Emmanuel -
I .

Chief Minister Cavour :

t the bed the movement and Sardinia -

Piedmont defeated the
Austrian forces in 9859 .

Giuseppe Garibaldi :

4 He succeeded in
winning the
support of the
local peasants of two Sicilies in order to
drive out the Spanish rulers .
 Victor Emmanuel -
H

f In 9869 he proclaimed the

,
was as
king of
United
Italy .

The Strange Case of Britain :

* Ethnic Composition :

→
English
→
Welsh

→
Scottish

→
Irish

All of these ethnic groups had their own cultural and political
traditions .

4 But as the English nation steadily grew in wealth , importance and power '

it was able to extends its influence over the other nations of the
islands .

A
English parliament had seized power from the
monarchy in 9688 .

4 The Act of Union ( Hot) between England and Scotland that resulted in the
'
United Great
'

formation of the
Kingdom of Britain .

Later Ireland was

merged to form to form Great Britain .

Visualising the Nation :

It difficult to face to nation

give a
•

was a .

Artists Mth found by the nation

in
century out
personifying
•

a
way .

•
Nations were
portrayed as
female figures .

Ego -

Marianne in France and Germania in

Germany .
 Nationalism % Imperialism
During the end of 99 th century nationalism started converting into
→
,

imperialism .

Case of Balkan States :

•
Nationalist tension started in Balkan area after 9879 .

Large area of Balkan was under control of Ottoman empire .

Weakening of Ottoman empire allowed them to break into

independent States
•
.

These States jealous of each and each wanted to

were other
gain
•

more
territory .

•
The situation got more intense when
big European powers entered the war .

This World War I

finally led to
•
-
.

* Later anti
imperial movement started which
finally lead to

independence of many countries .

 1 Mark Questions

1. Which of the treaty recognized Greece as an independent

nation?
[1M, 2021 Sample Paper]
A1. Treaty of Constantinople

2. Who was called as the architect of Germany’s unification?

[1M, 2020]
A2. Otto Von Bismarck

3. Name the Treaty of 1832 that recognised Greece as an

independent nation.
[1M, 2016]
A3. Treaty of 1832: Constantinople
4. Name the event that mobilised nationalist feelings among the
educated elite across Europe in 1830-1848?
[1M, 2016]
A4. The Greek War of Independence in 1821.

5. What was the main aim of revolutionaries of Europe during the

years following 1815?
[1M, 2016]
A5. The main aim of revolutionaries of Europe was to oppose
. monarchical forms of government.

6. Who was proclaimed German Emperor in a ceremony held at

Versailles in January 1871?
[1M, 2016]
 A6. Kaiser William I of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor
. in a ceremony held at Versailles in January 1871.

7. Who was proclaimed the King of United Italy in 1861?

[1M, 2016]
A7. Victor Emmanuel-II

8. What was the major change that occurred in the political and
constitutional scenario due to the French Revolution in Europe?
[1M, 2015]
A8. It led to the transfer of sovereignty from the monarchy to a
. body of French citizens. The revolution proclaimed that it was
. the people who would henceforth constitute the nation and
. shape its destiny.
 3 Mark Questions

9. Explain the measures and practices introduced by the French

revolutionaries to create a sense of collective identity amongst
the French people.
[3M, 2021 Sample Paper]
A9.
(i) The ideas of La Patrie (the fatherland) and Le Citoyen (the
citizen) emphasized the notion of united community enjoying
equal rights under a constitution.

(ii) A new French flag, tricolour was chosen to replace the

Royal Standard.

(iii) Estates General was elected by the body of active citizens

and renamed the National Assembly.

10. “Like Germany, Italy too had a long history of political

fragmentation”. Explain.
[3M, 2021 Sample Paper]
A10.
(i) Italians were scattered over several dynastic states

(ii) Sardinia-Piedmont was ruled by an Italian princely house.

 (iii) Italy was unified in 1861 and Victor Emmanuel II was
proclaimed King of United Italy.

11. Describe any three economic hardships faced by Europe in

the 1830s
[3M, 2017]
A11. Economic hardships faced by Europe in 1830s were:
• Increase in population.
• Unemployment, migration and price rise.
• Stiff competition in the market.
• Bad condition of peasants. (Any three)

12. Describe any three steps taken by the French revolutionaries

to create a sense of collective identity amongst the French
people.
[3M, 2015]
A12. French revolutionaries introduced various other measures
. such as:
 1. The Estate General was elected by the body of active
citizens and renamed the National Assembly.
2. New hymns were composed, oaths taken and martyrs
commemorated all in the name of the nation.
3. A centralized administrative system was put in place and it
formulated uniform laws for all citizens within its territory.

13. How had the female figures become an allegory of the nation
during nineteenth century in Europe? Analyse.
[3M, 2016]
A13.
• Artists in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries portrayed
nations as female figures. The female form, that was chosen
to personify the nation, did not stand for any particular
woman in real life. Rather it sought to give the abstract idea
of the nation in concrete form. That is, the female figure
became the allegory of the nation.

• In France, she was named Marianne —a popular Christian

name and in Germany, Germania. Germania wears a crown
of oak leaves as the German oak stands for heroism. The
characteristics of Marianne were drawn from those of Liberty
and Republic —the red cap, the tricolour and cockade.
14. How did nationalism develop through culture in Europe?
Explain.
[3M, 2015, 2013]
A14. Culture, music, dance and religion played an important role in
. the growth of nationalism.

(i) Culture :- Role of culture was important in creating the idea

of the nation. Art, poetry, music etc. helped in developing
and expressing nationalist feelings. Romanticism was a
cultural movement that led to the development of nationalist
sentiment. Romantic artists and poets criticized the
glorification of reason and science and instead focussed on
emotions and intuition.

(ii) Language :- Language too played an important role in

developing nationalist sentiments. After Russian occupation,
the Polish language was forced out of schools and Russian
language was imposed everywhere. In 1831, an armed
rebellion against Russian rule took place which was
ultimately crushed. Following this, many members of the
clergy in Poland began to use language as a weapon of
national resistance.

(iii) Music and Dance :- Romantics such as the German

philosopher Herder claimed that true German culture was to
be discovered among the common people —das volk. It
was through folk songs, folk poetry and folk dances that the
true spirit of the nation was popularised.
15. Explain the conditions that were viewed as obstacles to the
economic exchange and growth by the new commercial classes
during the nineteenth century in Europe.
[3M, 2014]
A15. In the economic sphere, liberalism stood for the freedom of
. markets and the abolition of state-imposed restrictions on
. movement of goods and capital.

1. But in the 19th century Napoleon’s administrative

measures had created out of countless small principalities
a confederation of 39 states. Each possessed its own
currency, and weights and measures.
2. A merchant travelling from Hamburg to Nuremberg had to
pass through 11 custom barriers and pay 5% duty at each
one of them.
3. As each region had its own system of weights and
measures this involved time-consuming calculations.
Such conditions were viewed as obstacles to economic
growth and exchange by the new commercial classes who
argued for the creation of a unified economic territory
allowing free movement of goods, people and capital.

16. How did the local people in the areas conquered by Napoleon
react to French rule? Explain
[3M, 2014]
A16. The reactions of the local population to the French rule were
. mixed.
Initially, in many places such as Holland and Switzerland, as
well as in cities like Brussels, Mainz, Milan and Warsaw, the
French armies were welcomed as harbingers of liberty. As
new administrative arrangements did not go hand in hand
with political freedom, enthusiasm turned into hostility.
Increased taxation, censorship, forced conscription into the
French armies to conquer the rest of Europe, outweighed the
advantages of the administrative changes.

17. Explain any three causes of conflict in the ‘Balkan area’ after
. 1871.
[3M, 2011]
A17. The nationalist tensions emerged in the Balkans due to the
. following reasons:

(i) Balkans was a region of geographical and ethnic variation

comprising modern-day Romania, Bulgaria, Albania,
Greece, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia,
Serbia and Montenegro whose inhabitants were known as
the Slavs. A large part of Balkans was under the control of
the Ottoman empire.

(ii) After the decline of the Ottoman empire and the growth of
romantic nationalism in the Balkans, the region became very
explosive. Its European subject nationalities broke away
from its control and declared independence.
 (iii) As the different nationalities struggled to define their identity
and independence, the Balkan area became an area of
intense conflict. The Balkan states were fiercely jealous of
each other and each hoped to gain more territory at the
expense of others.

18. Explain the contribution of Giuseppe Mazzini in spreading

revolutionary ideas in Europe.
[3M, 2011]
A18.
• The year following 1815, was the period of revolutionaries.
Most of the revolutionaries were committed to oppose
monarchical forms and to fight for liberty and freedom

• One such prominent revolutionary was “Giuseppe Mazzini”, an

Italian revolutionary. Mazzini also saw the creation of nation-
states as a necessary part in the struggle for freedom. Ele
strongly believed in the unification of Italy as a single unified
republic which could be the basis of Italian liberty.

• Mazzini’s relentless opposition to monarchy and his vision of a

democratic republic frightened the Conservatives. His ideas
also influenced the revolutionaries of Germany, France,
Switzerland and Poland.
 5 Mark Questions

19. “Napoleon had, no doubt, destroyed democracy in France, but

in the administrative field he had incorporated revolutionary
principles in order to make the whole system more rational and
efficient.” Support the statement.
[5M, 2016, 2014, 2012]
A19. Napoleon had brought revolutionary changes in the
. administrative field in order to make the whole system rational
. and efficient. The Civil Code of 1804 is usually known as the
. Napoleonic Code.
1. The first major change was doing away with all privileges
based on birth, establishing equality before law and
securing the right to property.
2. Administrative divisions were simplified.
3. Feudal system was abolished and peasants were freed
from serfdom and manorial dues (abuse of manorial lords).
4. In towns, guild restrictions were removed.
5. Transport and communication systems were improved.

20. Explain any five economic hardships that Europe faced in the
1830s.
 [5M, 2016, 2013, 2011]
A20. Following are the causes of economic hardships in Europe
. during 1830s:

1. Europe had come under the grip of large scale

unemployment. In most of the countries there were more
seekers of jobs than employment.
2. Cities had become overcrowded and slums had emerged
as population from the rural areas migrated to the cities.
3. Small producers in towns were often faced with stiff
competition from imports of cheap machine-made goods
from England where industrialization was more advanced
specially in the field of textile production.
4. In those regions of Europe, where aristocracy still enjoyed
power, peasants struggled under the burden of feudal
dues and obligations.
5. The rise of food prices and bad harvests added to the
hardships of the peasants.

21. Describe any five measures which were introduced by the

French Revolutionaries to create a sense of collective identity
amongst the French people.
[5M, 2016, 2015, 2012]
A21.
 • The first clear-cut expression of nationalism came with the
French Revolution in 1789. In 1789, France was under the
rule of an absolute monarch.
• When the revolutionaries came to power in France, they were
determined to create a new sense of unity and nationhood.
For this, they emphasized the concept of France being the
father land (La Patrie) for all French people, who were from
now on addressed as citizens (citoyen). They were given the
tri-colour flag, the three colours representing liberty, equality
and fraternity.
French revolutionaries introduced various other measures such as:
1. The Estate General was elected by the body of active
citizens and renamed the National Assembly.
2. New hymns were composed, oaths taken and martyrs
commemorated all in the name of the nation.
3. A centralized administrative system was put in place and it
formulated uniform laws for all citizens within its territory.
4. Internal customs, duties and dues were abolished and a
uniform system of weights and measures was adopted.

22. Describe the process of unification of Germany.

[5M, 2015, 2013, 2012]
A22. Unification of Germany:

In the 18th century, Germany was divided into a number of

states. Some of these states ceased to exist during the
Napoleonic wars. At the end of the war, there were still 39
 independent states in Germany. Prussia was most powerful,
dominated by big landlords known as Junkers.

(i) Nationalist feelings were widespread among middle class

Germans who had tried to unite the different regions of
the German federation into a nation-state governed by an
elected Parliament.

(ii) In May 1848, a large number of political associations

came together to vote for an All German National
Assembly. Their representatives met at Frankfurt and the
Frankfurt Assembly proposed the unification of Germany
as a constitutional monarchy under the King of Prussia as
emperor.

(iii) The King of Prussia rejected the offer and the liberal
initiative of nation building was repressed by combined
forces of the monarchy, the military and the ‘Junkers’.

(iv) Then on, Prussia under its Chief Minister Otto von
Bismarck led the movement for unification of Germany.
Bismarck carried out this process with the help of the
Prussian army and the bureaucracy. He fought three wars
over seven years with Denmark, Austria and France.
Prussia was victorious in all these wars and the process
of unification was completed as a result of Prussia’s
victory over France.

(v) Consequently, on 18th January 1871, an assembly

comprising of princes of German states, representatives
of the army, important Prussian ministers and Bismarck
gathered in the Palace of Versailes and proclaimed the
Prussian King, Kaiser William, the new German Emperor.
23. How had revolutionaries spread their ideas in many European
States after 1815? Explain with examples.
[5M, 2014]
A23. During the years following 1815, the fear of repression drove
. many liberal nationalists underground.

1. Secret societies sprang up in many European states to

train revolutionaries and spread their ideas. Revolutionary
ideas were spread by opposing monarchical forms and to
fight for liberty and freedom.
2. Most of the revolutionaries also saw the creation of nation-
states as a necessary part of this struggle for freedom.
3. Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian revolutionary bom in
Geneva in 1807. He was a member of the Secret Society
of the Carbonari. He attempted a revolution in 1831 and
was sent into exile.
4. He had set up two more underground societies, namely,
Young Italy (1832) in Marseilles and then Young Europe in
Berne. The members were like-minded young men from
Poland, France, Italy and Germany.
5. He opposed monarchy and small states and kingdoms and
dreamt of a Democratic Republic. He believed the
unification of Italy alone could be the basis of Italian
liberty.
24. How did culture play an important role in creating the idea of
the ‘nation’ in Europe? Explain with examples.
[5M, 2013]
A24. Culture, music, dance and religion played an important role in
. the growth of nationalism.
(i) Role of culture was important in creating the idea of the
nation. Art, poetry, music etc. helped in developing and
expressing nationalist feelings. Romanticism was a cultural
movement that led to the development of nationalist
sentiment. Romantic artists and poets criticized the
glorification of reason and science and instead focussed
on emotions and intuition.

(ii) Artists in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

portrayed nations as female figures. The female form, that
was chosen to personify the nation, did not stand for any
particular woman in real life. Rather it sought to give the
abstract idea of the nation in concrete form. That is, the
female figure became the allegory of the nation.
In France, she was named Marianne—a popular Christian
name and in Germany, Germania.

(iii) Language too played an important role in developing

nationalist sentiments. After Russian occupation, the
Polish language was forced out of schools and Russian
language was imposed everywhere. In 1831, an armed
rebellion against Russian rule took place which was
ultimately crushed. Following this, many members of the
clergy in Poland began to use language as a weapon of
national resistance.

(iv) Romantics such as the German philosopher Herder

claimed that true German culture was to be discovered
among the common people – das volk. It was through folk
songs, folk poetry and folk dances that the true spirit of the
nation was popularized.
25. What did Liberal Nationalism stand for? Explain any four ideas
of Liberal Nationalists in the economic sphere.
[5M, 2011]
A25. Liberalism or Liberal Nationalism stood for freedom for the
. individual and equality of all before the law. Lour ideas of
. Liberal Nationalists in the economic sphere are:

1. Liberalism stood for freedom of markets and abolition of

state imposed restriction. For example, Napoleon’s
administration was a confederation of 29 states, each of
these possessed its own currencies, weight and
measures. Such conditions were viewed as obstacles to
economic exchange.
2. Liberal Nationalists argued for the creation of a unified
economic territory allowing the unhindered movement of
goods, people and capital.
3. In 1834, a customs union or ” zollverein” was formed. The
union abolished tariff barriers and reduced the number of
currencies from 30 to 2.
4. The creation of a network of railways further stimulated
mobility, harnessing economic interest to national
unification.