Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
It reads: "Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved," (Jensen 20). Yet it soon became clear that there was a need for some strength in a centralized federal government in terms of foreign relations and trade. Thus, the Articles were revised and the Constitution was written around ten years after the actual Revolution. The Constitution allowed for states to keep elements of their sovereignty, but also included stronger federal power that could be used to help regulate the states and deal with foreign relations and trade. Yet even the creation of the very document that was supposed to unite them, "From the start of the new government under the Constitution, participants in the debates in Congress frequently exhibited a highly sensitive awareness of the existence of sections within the Federal Union," (Jensen 30). There was a fierce division of the state delegates who pitted against the idea of exactly how much power the federal government was to have. The Federalists, spearheaded by Alexander... Whereas, the Anti-Federalists, with, believed the exact opposite and preached more strength within states' hands. This then promoted the age old sectionalism that had been a part of the government's framework since the nation's very first inception.
...
Throughout the 19th century, regionalism flourished within American politics and policies. In fact, regional tensions regarding taxes and slavery became the essential division between major regional differences both in Congress and in real life. Southerners fiercely fought for their right to maintain and spread their source of free labor. Northerners demanded fair competition and the representation of the United States as a modern and humane nation. This divisions heated political divisions to a boiling point, and eventually compromises meant nothing. Despite the many steps taken to avoid the Civil War, such as the Compromise of 1850, it was clear that sectionalism had caused an irrevocable division between the two regions. Thus, the Civil War was inevitable.
References
Jensen, Merrill G. (1951). Regionalism in America. University of Wisconsin Press. Retrieved using Questia.com scholarly library December 13, 2009.
So denotes Hobsbawm in considering the era of revolutionary independence. Here, Hobsbawm asserts that nationalism "aimed to extend the scale of human social, political and cultural units: to unify and expand rather than to restrict and separate. This is one reason why Third-world national liberation movements found the 19th century traditions, both liberal and revolutionary-democratic, so congenial. Anti-colonial nationalists dismissed, or at least subordinated, 'tribalism', 'communalism' or other sectional
This had a great role among the European people as it provided the people a sense of community. This means that Europeans felt a sense of belonging to a community. At the same time nationalism fosters a sense of tradition within the Europeans. Through nationalism a set of moral standards were impacted among the people that ensured that the people were morally upright and act according to what is
The various branches of the American military, for example, have their own form of nationalism that is represented by hard power and military supremacy. This does not mean that nationalism must be necessarily political in nature, but often the two are tied together due to the ease in which they go hand in hand. This can be said of geography as well, especially political geography. Often, political geography is mistaken
Nationalism of Spain and Russia -- Destabilization and Change This paper discusses how nationalism has been able to handle destabilization and various changing process. The two major countries chosen for this paper include Spain and Russia and their overall growth of nationalist identity will be focused on in this paper to make a thorough and encompassing comparative analyses. Destabilization and Change - Spain and Russia Russia According to various scholars, Russia was popularly known
This is because the ideas of self-determination would help inspire large numbers of people who shared a common identity and values. Yet, because they were being oppressed for whatever reasons these common ideas would fuel thoughts of self-determination. This is significant because this was the intention of all corresponding revolutions. However, this would morph into something more twisted. In many ways this would help fuel the rise of nationalism
By the end of the century, many world leaders began to reject the ideals of nationalism. Instead of stressing responsibility to one's country, they began to stress responsibility to the world. In fact, the world economy was subject to globalization, and growing concerns about the effects of environmental pollution on all of the people in the world ushered in a growing sense of cosmopolitanism. However, that does not mean that