Unit 1 Nationalism Flashcards
a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent. However, this term is often used synonymously with country.
Nation-State
devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country
patriotism
racial, cultural, or linguistic characteristics
ethnic
the power to control one’s own affairs
self-determination
the political authority to control one’s own affairs
sovereignty
the form of nationalism where the state derives political legitimacy from the active participation of its citizenry, to the degree that it represents the “general will. Aims to accept all current residents of a nation whatever their race, religion or language.
civic nation
Nationalism founded on shared culture, language, and ethnicity.
ethnic nationalism
between countries or nation-states
international
The strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance
nationalism
an internal awareness shared by many.
collective consiousness
the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
bourgeoisie
First Estate- Clergy
Second Estate-aristocrats
Third Estate- common people
The Estates General
Geographic factors that shaped French Nationalism
famine, severe winter, drought, hail, high grain prices
Political factors that shaped French Nationalism
- National Assembly is created
- France becomes a secular non-religious republic
- rise of Napoleon
Document that abolished the traditional privileges enjoyed by the monarch, the clergy, and the aristocracy in France.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen