SOCIAL STUDIES 20-1 CHAPTER 1-5: TO WHAT EXTENT SHOULD NATION BE THE FOUNDATION OF IDENTITY?

What is a nation?

Defined as a group of people who feel connections to another in some way!

What is a “Nation State”?

Internationally recognized boundaries and a politically organized body of people under a sovereign government.

What is a ‘State’? (note the lowercase ‘s’)

a self governing political entity.

What is a ‘state’? (note the capital ‘S’)

Usually a division of a federal state** the country.

Civic Nation

Made up of people who share certain political beliefs.

Sovereign

Recognized as having the right to govern oneself independently.

Nationalism

Collective, shared sense of belonging of people who identify themselves as a nation.

Patriotism

A love for a nation or a nation-state: in other its a pride for a nation.

Bourgeoisie

A French word, meaning middle class who accumulated economic wealth through trade and commerce (merchants).

Historical, Social, Economic, Geographic, Social, and Political are all..

Factors that helped shape French Nationalism!

How was French society divided?

Into 3 estates, King at the top of the “triangle” then in the first estate the clergy, the second was Nobility, and the third Serfs, and rest of the population.

Jacobins

Radicals seeking to make France a republic.

Girodins

Moderates who wanted to maintain monarchy.

Collective Consciousness

Group or nation may share a collective consciousness when its members collectively share similar values, beliefs, and internalized feelings based on shared experiences.

Quiet Revolution

In the 1960’s where Quebec undergoes a period of modernization in regards to its culture, economics, society, and government.

Front de Liberation Du Quebec (F.L.Q)

A radical group in the 70’s in Quebec, Canada using terrorism as a weapon to achieve independence for Quebec.

Separatism

Desire of the province to break away from the union.

Melting pot

referring to the assimilation of new immigrants to the dominant culture of their new country.