Nationalism played an important role when it came to the First World War and gave way to the idea of imperialism. The main goal that all the countries involved wanted to reach was some sort of competition, economically and territorially. This affected the war because they wanted to prove that they were at the top and regain their power, but at the same time every other country wanted to compete for the same thing, so it was more difficult to conquer. Nationalism increased the anticipation of the war because the motivation to have all the power and remain unstoppable instigated a lot of tension. Imperialism and nationalism go hand in hand and had an influence of the First World War, in terms of capitalism, for example, in the reading, the problem
