Discuss the ways in which nationalism influenced state-building in Western Europe.

Nationalism in Western Europe
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This was a sense of belonging to a specific culture in the European states, which influenced the way the people dressed and their language among others, which defined them. Since the eighteenth century, nationalism has been the force behind the political, economic and cultural frontiers in Western Europe. It gave the people of Europe the single most unifying factor, integrating all the religions, traditions and the social classes under one cause. As such the people took a more active role in the affairs of the state by ceasing from passivity in history making of Western Europe. Nationalism linked the people of the Western Europe with self-determination to embrace technology as well as exalt their traditions and national language. Other than that there were widespread calls for political rights, part of whic...