<Dl> <Dd> For nearly two decades the Italians had the excellent codes of law, a fair system of taxation, a better economic situation, and more religious and intellectual toleration than they had known for centuries...Everywhere old physical, economic, and intellectual barriers had been thrown down and the Italians had begun to be aware of a common nationality . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> For nearly two decades the Italians had the excellent codes of law, a fair system of taxation, a better economic situation, and more religious and intellectual toleration than they had known for centuries...Everywhere old physical, economic, and intellectual barriers had been thrown down and the Italians had begun to be aware of a common nationality . </Dd> <P> Otto Dann and John Dinwiddy report, "It has long been almost a truism of European history that the French Revolution gave a great stimulus to the growth of modern nationalism ." Nationalism was emphasized by historian Carlton J.H. Hayes as a major result of the French Revolution across Europe . The impact on French nationalism was profound . Napoleon became such a heroic symbol of the nation that the glory was easily picked up by his nephew, who was overwhelmingly elected president (and later became Emperor Napoleon III). The influence was great in the hundreds of small German states and elsewhere, where it was either inspired by the French example or in reaction against it . </P> <P> At the beginning of the Revolution, Britain supported the constitutional monarchy, up until they de-instated the king Louis XVI . Britain saw minority support for the French Revolution, but the majority, especially the elite, were strongly opposed . Britain led and funded the series of coalitions that fought France from 1793 to 1815, and then restored the Bourbons . Edmund Burke was the chief spokesman for the opposition . </P>

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