French Revolution and Napoleon Europe has been the focal point in history for hundreds of years. It has been the stating and ending place of many empires. Europe in the Nineteenth Century was a very critical point in history. Wars were being fought, boundaries of countries changed, countries were becoming unified, revolutions destroyed countries, but the most critical happening that did more to shape Europe’s character and structure in the Nineteenth Century, than any …showed first 75 words of 1509 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1509 total…was spread to the rest of Europe by the conquest of Napoleon. Nationalism was the cornerstone for the creation of the nation-states in the nineteenth century. Nationalism also helped countries become more unified by helping create an official national language. The French Revolution and the reign of both Napoleons changed the shape of Europe’s boundaries, and influenced European’s way of thinking, working, and living more than any other factor in the Nineteenth Century.