Vine Ideologies

Our Vine helps define the ideology of nationalism. Nationalism is the ideology of standing behind and supporting ones country. The two people wearing Italian flags symbolize the citizens of Italy. The shaking of hands symbolizes them joining forces to fight the foreign ruler. The person with the crown symbolizes the foreign French ruler. The two Italian citizens take down the foreign ruler because they are nationalists and will not stand for a French man to rule Italy. Nationalism inspired countries to revolt against foreign rulers, such as Italy did with France.

The other two ideologies that influenced the social and political actions of the 19th century as well. Conservatism was the ideology that tradition was the only way to tun government. This ideology was used when the Holy Alliance was formed. The Holy Alliance was formed after the Haitian Revolution to help stop any future uprisings. Another example is Joseph de Maistre's Essay on the General Principle of Political Constitutions, which opposed reform and change. The alliance wanted to keep the monarchy strong and to keep old traditions. The other ideology is Liberalism. Liberalism is the ideology of reform. Liberalism was an idea in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. Liberalism also affected the Haitian Revolution because the slaves wanted change so they revolted against the conservative French government and reformed their society.