Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

Nationalism is the belief that one's greatest loyalty should not be to a king of an empire but to a nation of people who share a common culture and history. When the nation began to have his own independent government, it became a nation state. To show natalionism I wear the colors of my countries flag, I talk about there culture, the food etc. I also support there culture's teams. I'm intersted in other people's countries and the language they speak.
Nationalism was the most powerful ideal of 1800's. The balance of power set up at congresss of vienna in 1815 was going bad. It affected many people. Austrua ruled the Italian provinces of venetia and Lombardy in the north. In 1815 and 1848 many Italians weren't able to live under foreign rulers. The idealistic and the pratical leader contributed to the unification of Italy.