Nationalism and The Creation of Italy

Nationalism is having honor or pride of your country. It's like if you live in America you show pride by putting flags up and and also you can die for your country by joining the military.I believe that I am nationalistic when I celebrate the 4th of July. I'm being nationalistic becuase I care and celebrate for what the 4th of July stands for. We celebrate the date of 4th of July because that's the day which America gained it's independence from the british.
The unification of Italy is a perfect example of how nationalism brought it to be what it is now, Italy. Before Italy was fully claimed as Italy, it first had to be let go by the Spanish Bourbon Family Empire and the Austrian Empire. Italy and other small states were uinder the control of these empires. Then an Italian man named Camillo di Cavour believed that the only way to win back Italy is to join forces with the French Emporer Napoleon the third. After they had won back the northern part of Italy, Camillo di Cavour joined forces with Sardinia & France to take Italy completly back from the two empires.These leaders helped bring Italy together. The people of Italy were tired or the other rules they had to obey from the empire. So by joining together as a nation they were able to stand up to the empire.