Nationalism and revolution
What Nationalism and revolution means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The Boxer Protocol further humiliated China and hastened reform and revolutionary sentiment, in the broader context of late Qing decline and the rise of revolutionary nationalism.
Piedmont supported nationalists across Italy, which raised tensions with Austria, while the Orsini Affair made Napoleon III fear further radical violence.
Topics that use Nationalism and revolution
- Paper 2, Option 2D.1: The unification of Italy, c1830–70 - 3 The creation of the Kingdom of Italy, 1856–61 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Paper 3, Option 38.2: The making of modern China, 1860–1997 - 2 Defeat and humiliation, 1894–1901 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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