Bihar Board Class 10 · Social Science · Matric exam 2027
Chapter 1: Nationalism in Europe — notes
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1. What is Nationalism and how it began
Okay, so let's talk about nationalism.
- • Nationalism = feeling of unity among people of one region/culture/society
- • Emerged since Renaissance, developed form after French Revolution 1789
- • 19th century: advanced, aggressive form
- • Napoleon's campaigns spread the message of new era
- • Napoleon gave Germany and Italy political outline for unification
2. The Congress of Vienna and Metternich's System
Okay, so after Napoleon fell, the victorious powers met in Vienna, in 1815.
- • 1815 Congress of Vienna, hosted by Metternich (Austria)
- • Goal: oppose republic & democracy, restore ancient regime
- • Italy divided: Sicily & Naples to Bourbon; Rome to Pope
- • Lombardy & Venetia: Austria; Germany: 39-state federation
- • Bourbon dynasty restored in France: Louis XVIII king
- • System failed; nationalism spread across Europe
3. Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 in France
Okay, so let's talk about France now.
- • Charles-X: 4 ordinances, 25 July 1830 -> civil war 28 July 1830
- • Charles-X flees; Orleans dynasty; Louis Philippe king
- • 1830 Revolution spread nationalism across Europe
- • 1848: Guizot PM; hunger & unemployment cause anger
- • 22 Feb 1848 feast; Louis Philippe abdicates 24 Feb 1848
- • Republic declared; vote right to males above 21
4. Unification of Italy
Okay, so let's talk about Italy in the early 19th century.
- • Italy = many separate states; Pope & Austria/France interfered
- • Mazzini: 'Young Italy' 1831, 'Young Europe' 1834
- • Cavour: PM under Victor Emmanuel; allied with France
- • 1859-60 war vs Austria; Piedmont gets Lombardy
- • 1860-61: Parma, Modena, Tuscany annexed by referendum
5. Unification of Germany
Okay, so let's talk about how Germany became one country.
- • Germany: ~300 fragmented states; Prussia strongest in north
- • 1806: Napoleon forms Confederation of the Rhine
- • Zollverein: economic federation of German merchants
- • Bismarck (Chancellor): 'blood and iron' policy
- • 1864 Denmark defeated; 1866 Austria defeated
- • 1870 Sedan: France defeated; Treaty of Frankfurt 10 May 1871
6. Nationalism in Greece, Hungary, Poland and Bohemia
Okay, so nationalism didn't stop with Italy and Germany.
- • Greece: 'Hetaerae Philike' (Odessa); 1821 revolt (Ypsilanti)
- • England, France, Russia support Greece vs Turkey
- • 1832: Greece independent; Otto of Bavaria made king
- • Hungary: Kossuth leads movement; demands accepted 31 Mar 1848
- • Poland: 1830-inspired revolt; suppressed by Russia
- • Bohemia: Czech demand for self-government subdued by Austria
7. Outcome: Nationalism, Imperialism and the World
Okay, so, we've seen how nationalism grew in Europe after the French Revolution.
- • Unification of states = result of European nationalism
- • By late 19th century: nationalism turned into imperialism
- • Industrial revolution also responsible for imperialism
- • Imperialism targeted Asian & African colonies
- • Ottoman empire destroyed; Balkans became battlefield
- • India: Tipu Sultan, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Revolution of 1857
Summary
Okay, so let's look back at everything we covered. Nationalism, remember, is that feeling of unity among people of one region, one culture, one society. It grew strong after the French Revolution of 1789. Napoleon's campaigns carried it further across Europe. After Napoleon fell, Metternich tried to crush this feeling at the Vienna Congress of 1815, and bring back the old rulers. But it didn't work. The Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 in France pushed nationalism even further across Europe. We saw how Italy became one nation — through Mazzini, Cavour, Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel. We saw how Germany became one nation too — under Prussia, through Bismarck's policy of blood and iron. The same spirit stirred Greece, Hungary, Poland and Bohemia. And by the late 19th century, this very nationalism turned into imperialism among the big European states — leading them to exploit colonies in Asia and Africa. It even helped awaken nationalism here, in India. So tell me — out of all these events, which one do you think changed Europe the most?
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