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German nationalism begins as a Romantic response to French domination: culture creates the people, and the people must protect, enhance, and spread that culture through the nation-state.
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French Empire
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...time, the French were overwhelming the Europeans. And this created the French Empire, all right? But once these places were conquered, they developed their..."
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"troops to make sure that you have to obey okay so this creates a lot of resentment and the people's response was to create..."
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"it's the Germans who first proposed this idea but then it spreads to Italy as well okay so these are two extremely different interpretations..."
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"...time, the French were overwhelming the Europeans. And this created the French Empire, all right? But once these places were conquered, they developed their..."
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"...reason, because what is because what is the French Revolution? The French Empire is an empire of reason. If you just look at the..."
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"...the French Revolution was so successful which ultimately led to the French Empire under Napoleon okay does that make sense now there's a another..."
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"...Corsica, which was not even French. It was part of the French Empire, but it's not actually French. He grew up speaking French, but..."
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"...don't know, like a decade, he became emperor of France, the French Empire, which at that time was the main thing. The main power..."
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"...So the blue, the light blue, it's all part of the French empire."
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"...Empire which is not the Roman Empire. Okay? It's basically the French Empire. Okay? Or the Frankish Empire."
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"...the combined armies of Europe. And under Napoleon, they established a French empire. So all three incidents are very similar to what happened in..."
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