Question

give one reason why the Rise of the middle class would lead to rise of feeling of nationalism and Nation state in Europe

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Answer 1

Answer:

Emergence of middle class in Europe:

a. The industrial revolution witnessed the rise of new social groups, middle class comprising of industrialists, businessmen, professionals who believed in the social structure that was based on merit and not birth.

b. They believed that no group should be privileged on account of birth rather a society must be based on the principles of freedom, equal laws and opportunities.

c. It was this class that belonged to liberal nationalist thinking and led the revolutions.

d. It was the liberal, educated middle-class who demanded the end of aristocratic privileges and encouraged national unity.

e. They were inspired by the doctrine and ideas of liberalism and demanded government based on the consent, and stood for freedom and equality for all.

The list of causes for the rise of nationalism in Europe are following; Romanticism spread through the continent taking it by storm. Some of the countries of the state formed union under a common national identity. The French revolution is one of the reason why Nationalism spread through the Europe.

Nationalists believed that people of a single nationality should unite under a single government. The concept of Nationalism emerged in the French Revolution and was spread to the rest of Europe by Napoleon's conquests. Nationalism was used by Napoleon to make France a great power in Europe.

The feeling of Nationalism emerged in Europe because of the enlightenment, which led the people of France to question its existence, rise as a national identity, resulted in the French Revolution. During the end of the 18th century, nationalism began to rise in Europe as they wanted to free themselves from the empires.