Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

Nationlism means tht people are fighting and supporting their country. The people who are nationalism doesnt support the king or being loyal to them. The people are only loyal to the ones who shared the same bonds and also for nationalism. Nationalism can be both unifying or disunifying.It helped itlay gain freedom. Italy became italy beacause of a guy named Giuseppe Garibaldi and the red shirts united the different parts of Italy. On the other hand nationalism has torn apart countries. All we need to do is look at the examples of the Ottoman Empire,The Austro-Hungarian Empire, And the Russian Empire.

I can also be a nationalistic because i may not be loyal to family. I have to do my best of what i can do for my country and to support my family in order to complete my goals for the future.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

Simon Bolivar was born on July 24, 1783 at Caracas, Venezuela. He was a great general and was known to be called EL Liberator (the liberator). Organized and led the military forces and freed the south america from spanish rule in the early nineteenth century. He was known for his victories over the spanish and won independence for Boliva, Panama, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. Simon Bolivar had gained many accomplishment in his past, Bolivar received a sophisticated education in Caracas. In 1810, He joined Francisco de Miranda in a revolt against the spanish which led to the following events of independence for South America.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

John Locke "The Enlightment"

What Thomas Jefferson means he wants everyone to have these specific right these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. The government got its powers from principles and a good foundation.Most governments were absolute monarchies. This meant that the king had total control and the people had no rights. Thomas Jefferson was probably the most famous of the American Revolution.Jefferson was himself influenced by the ideas of John Locke. All we have to is compare Locke`s ideas about life liberty and the pursuit of property and Jefferson's idea is about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.Another one of Locke`s ideas is that the government got its power from the people.This is an important idea of democracy in america up to today.