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Congress of Vienna | A series of meetings between European leaders to establish peace and security. |
Balance of power | A political situation in which no one nation is powerful enough to threaten others. |
Legitimacy | The hereditary right of a monarch to rule. |
Concert of Europe | A series of alliances devised by Metternich to prevent the outbreak of revolutions. |
Nationalism | The belief that people should be loyal to their nation or have pride in one’s own nation (patriotism). |
Bonds of Nationalism | These include nationality, language, culture, history, religion, and territory that help to unify a country. |
Unification | The act of bringing together many small states to form a powerful, stronger nation. |
Red Shirts | These Italian nationalists were followers of Giuseppe Garibaldi. |
Realpolitik | A German term that described the practice of tough power politics rather than idealism. |
Liberator | This is a term used to describe men like Simon Bolivar who lead the fight to free Latin America from foreign control. |