Unit 1 Ch 1 : The Rise of Nationalism in Europe — Social Studies STD 10 — Question

The history of britain is very strange. Nationalism in the country was forced down upon the masses. The region was inhabited by the masses of different ethnic groups which had their own cultural and political tradition. The british parliament which had seized power from monarchy played a crucial role in doing away with the ethnic distinctions and uniting the different groups into British nation state. The ethnic nationalities were directly or indirectly forced to join the English state. Thus nationalism in Britain did not come about as a result of the people's desire to unite but from the decisions of the people in power.