THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS (1830-1848)→ Liberalism and nationalism became associated with revolution in many regions of EuItalian and German states, the provinces of the Ottoman Empire, Ireland and Poland,→ The first upheaval took place in France, in July 1830.The Greek War of Independence was another event which mobilised nationalist feeeducated elite across Europe,→ Culture played an important role in creating the idea of the nation. Art, poetry, stehelped in expressing and shaping the nationalist feelings.> Romanticism was a cultural movement which sought to develop a particular forsentiment.> Language too played an important role in developing nationalist sentiments.> The 1830s saw a rise in prices, bad harvest, poverty in Europe. Besides the poor,starving peasants, even educated middle classes revolted.In 1848, an all-German National Assembly was voted for in Frankfurt.> The issue of extending political rights to women became a controversial one.> Conservative forces were able to suppress liberal movements in 1848, but could norder.​