Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx was a Jewish German who converted to Christianity. Karl was born in Trier, his dad forced the family to become Christian so Karl could get a job because they were poor. He was the man who created the government system, Communism. Communism is a form of government that spreads the wealth and everyone gets the same about. These ideas then evolved into communism and it only sounded good on paper because everyone is even but in real life everyone's greedy. Karl developed the form of government Communism using the idea of Utopia. He was totally against the Industrial Revolution because the rich would get richer and the poor would get poorer. He was also sick and tired of the way workers we get treated and how they would use children in the factory when the concision were so dangerous. He wanted the people in the factories to rebel and take over the factory. After he died, he ideas and ways were known as Marxism. His ideas influenced a lot of people and even influence nations. the first nation that used Marxism was Russia and these form of government failed after 70 years because they were tired of only having one choice and seeing Americans on the TV with so many options to pick from. . So because of the Industrial Revolution Marxism became very popular with nations like China and Russia. Communism still is a from of government in some countries.

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

Nationalism is everywhere and are expressed in different ways.Nationalism is when people take pride in their country or nationality. What makes a country nationalist is when they all speak a similar language or share common customs or religion. Nationalism can be as simple as having same currency of money. Another way nationalism can be shown is the type of food the people eat and their nations anthem.

Italy is a nation and was formed by nationalism. Before Italy became a country it was first ruled by Austria. In the early and middle years of the 1800's Italians started to disobey the rule of the Australians, and they though that they should be loyal to the ruler. Some revolts broke out, and some failed. A man named Cavour helped unite Italy. Because of Cavour they won several battles, and he also helped nationalistic rebels win. He was able to drive Austrian forces away in order to take over territory and gain power. Cavour was an important person in history for uniting the nation of Italy.