Brooke Massa Massa 1 American Civilization to 1865 October 18, 1999 Nationalism first emerged as the Colonists became more and more Democratic. Some argue that Democracy had always existed in the colonies, but didn’t begin to emerge until around the beginning of “The Enlightenment”. I believe that Nationalism was present during the Revolutionary Era, but then faded again, adding fuel to the fire during the Civil War. Colonists exhibited all the aspects of Nationalism. They had a shared …showed first 75 words of 920 total…

…showed last 75 words of 920 total…directly responsible for the colonists rise to political self determination. With so many restrictions and taxes placed upon the colonies, they felt the need to create a political system to remedy these problems, while at the same time setting up a type of government that was better suited to their needs. An important aspect of nationalism that the colonies exhibited was the loyalty of the overwhelming majority of the people to a single nation state.