Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

Nationalism is the belief that one’s greatest loyalty should not be to a king or an empire but to a nation of people who share a common culture and history. An example of me being nationlistic would be that i always go to the Colombian independence parade in Flushing, Queens every year. Nationlism was used to create the nation of italy because between the years 1815 and 1848 the italians were getting tired of foreign rulers. Before the italians grew tired italy was just a bunch of kingdoms ruled by austria. Two people had a major influence on the italians. There names were Giuseppe Mazzini and Camillo di Cavour. In 1832 Giuseppe Mazzini organized a nationalist group. In 1848 revolts broke out on the italian peninsula. Giusepperan a republican government for a while. However the rebellions failed and Mazzini was drove into exlie. Camillo di Cavour became the prime minister of sardinia in 1852 by king Victor Emmanuel II. With careful diplomancy and well chosen alliances, he achieved the expansion. With the help of his french allies Cavour was able to dive austria out of italy.