This is a nice way to introduce the motivation behind the global spread of democratic ideas and nationalist movements. For example, to explain or convey the reason why people involved in such movements as the French Revolution, the effects of the Napoleonic Wars on the development and spread of nationalism in Europe, the influence of nationalism on Haitian, Mexican, and South American revolutions, Zulu Wars, Sepoy Rebellion, Opium Wars, the Boxer Rebellion. The concept of nationalism will also