Friday, October 19, 2007
Nationalism and The Creation of Italy
Nationalism is what describe us, where we from and what kind of right we have just like us, Americans have the right of freedom of religion or the freedom of the speech. Like America, Italy's people had their own right too, so democracy was the result of French revolution. But before that there was kingdoms and it as difficult to decide which part belongs to who. Then people started to destroy empires and build nations. Italy started to formate their borders.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Simon Bolivia and Latin Americans Revolut
Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) was born in Caracas. After receiving a sophisticated education in Caracas he went to Spain. The he went back to Bolivia. After a year his wife died from a contagious illness. So the he went back to Europe There he read philosophy from Locke and Voltarie. After that, he went to the United Stated there learn about its revolution. So he was influenced by the Enlightenment, American and French revolution, so he thought that was time for they revolution. Simon Bolivar and Francisco de Miranda revolutionized what we call now Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and Bolivia. Bolivia was named with his last name in honor of him
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