Sort each demand or idea by whether it belongs to LIBERALISM or to NATIONALISM as the terms were used in this period.
Groups: Liberalism · Nationalism
- A franchise restricted to holders of property
- Free trade and the rule of law
- A shared language and culture as the basis of a state
- Unification of politically divided territories
- A written constitution limiting the monarch’s power
- The nation as the legitimate unit of political authority
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- One doctrine is about how a state should be governed; the other about who a state belongs to.
- Ask whether a demand would make sense inside an existing state or requires redrawing its borders.
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Liberalism: A written constitution limiting the monarch’s power, A franchise restricted to holders of property, Free trade and the rule of law
Nationalism: The nation as the legitimate unit of political authority, A shared language and culture as the basis of a state, Unification of politically divided territories
The two often marched together in 1848 and are logically independent, which is why they came apart afterwards. A national state can be authoritarian, and a liberal constitution can govern a multinational empire. Germany after 1871 is the standard demonstration: the nationalists won and the liberals did not.
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